Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184
Belongs to Portunus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1919
Sister taxa: Portunus (Lupocycloporus), Portunus (Monomia), Portunus (Portunus), Portunus alphonsei, Portunus arcuatus, Portunus arcuatusdup, Portunus atecuicitlis, Portunus brouweri, Portunus catalanicus, Portunus catalaunicus, Portunus delgadoi, Portunus edwardsi, 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 sayi, Lupa gibbesii, Lupa dicantha, Lupa spinimana
Type specimen: ANSP 2256, a carapace. Its type locality is Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Panama (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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