†Portunites eocaenica Lorenthey 1929 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Alternative combination: Portunites eocenica
Belongs to Portunites according to A. De Angeli and C. Beschin 2014
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Portunites alaskensis, Portunites angustata, Portunites hoepfneri, Portunites incertus, Portunites insculpta, Portunites kattachiensis, Portunites macrospinus, Portunites nodosa, Portunites rosenfeldi, Portunites stintoni, Portunites subovata, Portunites sylviae, Portunites triangulum, Portunites vicksburgensis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cava di Alonte, Monti Berici (middle-upper levels) (Eocene of Italy)
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