Portunites alaskensis Rathbun 1926 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

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 A. B. Tucker and R. M. Feldmann 1990

See also Nyborg et al. 2003, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: 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 triangulum, Portunites vicksburgensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Colombia)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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