Portunites triangulum Rathbun 1926 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Alternative combination: Minohellenus triangulum

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1926. The fossil stalk-eyed Crustacea of the Pacific slope of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 138:1-155

Belongs to Portunites according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 1999

See also Feldmann et al. 2018, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2012

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 sylviae, Portunites vicksburgensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (3: Washington collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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