Archaeoportunus isabenensis Artal et al. 2013 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: P. Artal, À Ossó, and J. L. Dominguez. 2013. Archaeoportunus isabenensis, a new genus and species of portunoid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the lower Eocene of Huesca (Spain). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 65:307-317

Belongs to Archaeoportunus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Artal et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGSB68576, a carapace. Its type locality is El Villar, southeast of La Puebla de Roda, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in the Roda Formation of Spain.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Spain (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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