Portunites subovata Quayle and Collins 1981 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

originally listed under the genus Portunites in this reference but this was later changed to the genus Stintonius

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 W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins 1981

See also Collins 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2019

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 sylviae, Portunites triangulum, Portunites vicksburgensis

Type specimen: BMNH In.61715, a carapace. Its type locality is Horizon A2, Christchurch Bay, which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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