Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. B. Tucker and R. E. Berglund. 2000. Eocene decapod crustaceans from Pulali Point, Washington. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 69(1):23-67
Belongs to Portunites according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2000
See also Nyborg et al. 2003, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Portunites alaskensis, Portunites angustata, Portunites eocaenica, Portunites hoepfneri, Portunites incertus, Portunites insculpta, Portunites kattachiensis, Portunites nodosa, Portunites rosenfeldi, Portunites stintoni, Portunites subovata, Portunites sylviae, Portunites triangulum, Portunites vicksburgensis
Type specimen: CM 45833, a shell. Its type locality is Pulali Point, Aldwell Formation, which is in an Eocene marine conglomerate/siltstone in the Aldwell Formation of Washington.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pulali Point, Aldwell Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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