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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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