Portunites incertus Bell 1858

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Alternative combination: Portunites incerta

Full reference: T. Bell. 1858. A Monograph of the Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain, Part I. Crustacea of the London Clay. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 10:1-44

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

See also Bell 1858, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Portunites alaskensis, Portunites angustata, Portunites eocaenica, Portunites hoepfneri, Portunites insculpta, Portunites kattachiensis, Portunites macrospinus, Portunites nodosa, Portunites rosenfeldi, Portunites stintoni, Portunites subovata, Portunites sylviae, Portunites triangulum, Portunites vicksburgensis

Distribution: found only at No. 2 Pit, Aveley, Essex - London Clay (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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