Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Belongs to Portunus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Vega et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Portunus (Lupocycloporus), Portunus (Monomia), Portunus (Portunus), Portunus alphonsei, Portunus arcuatus, Portunus arcuatusdup, Portunus brouweri, Portunus catalanicus, Portunus catalaunicus, Portunus delgadoi, Portunus edwardsi, Portunus gabbi, Portunus gallicus, Portunus haitensis, Portunus hastatus, Portunus incertus, Portunus incertusdup, Portunus jurensis, Portunus kisslingi, Portunus kochi, Portunus krambergeri, Portunus larteti, Portunus levigatus, Portunus miocaenicus, Portunus miyaku, Portunus monspeliensis, Portunus neogenicus, Portunus oblongus, Portunus obtusus, Portunus obvallatus, Portunus oligocenicus, Portunus pelagicus, Portunus pirabaensis, Portunus pusillinus, Portunus radobojanus, Portunus regulensis, Portunus ristorii, Portunus rudianus, Portunus sanshianus, Portunus sijuensis, Portunus spinimanus, Portunus stenaspis, Portunus straeleni, Portunus suessi, Portunus suessidup, Portunus tenuis, Portunus thalae, Portunus tongfai, Portunus vectensis, Portunus viai, Portunus vicentinus, Portunus vicentinusdup, Portunus withersi, Portunus woodwardi, Portunus wynneanus, Portunus xantusii, Portunus yaucoensis, Lupa gibbesii, Lupa sayi, Lupa spinimana, Lupa dicantha
Type specimen: IGM-7653, a carapace. Its type locality is IMG 2989, San Pablo [Tuxpan Fm], which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Tuxpan Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (3 collections)
• Neogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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