Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758
Belongs to Portunites according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Quayle and Collins 1981
Sister taxa: Portunites alaskensis, Portunites angustata, Portunites eocaenica, Portunites hoepfneri, Portunites incertus, Portunites insculpta, Portunites kattachiensis, Portunites macrospinus, Portunites nodosa, Portunites rosenfeldi, Portunites stintoni, Portunites subovata, Portunites triangulum, Portunites vicksburgensis
Type specimen: BMNH In.61713, a carapace. Its type locality is Horizon J, Christchurch Bay (Quayle collection), which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Becton Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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