Portunus jurensis Étallon 1859 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: A. Étallon. 1859. Description des crustacés fossiles de la Haute-Saône et du Haut-Jura. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 16:169-205

Belongs to Portunus according to A. Étallon 1859

Sister taxa: Portunus (Lupocycloporus), Portunus (Monomia), Portunus (Portunus), Portunus alphonsei, Portunus arcuatus, Portunus atecuicitlis, Portunus brouweri, Portunus catalaunicus, Portunus delgadoi, Portunus edwardsi, Portunus gabbi, Portunus gallicus, Portunus haitensis, Portunus hastatus, Portunus incertus, Portunus kisslingi, Portunus kochi, Portunus krambergeri, Portunus larteti, Portunus levigatus, Portunus miocaenicus, Portunus miyaku, Portunus monspeliensis, Portunus neogenicus, Portunus oblongus, Portunus obtusus, Portunus obvallatus, Portunus oligocenicus, Portunus pelagicus, Portunus pirabaensis, Portunus pusillinus, Portunus radobojanus, Portunus regulensis, Portunus ristorii, Portunus rudianus, Portunus sanshianus, Portunus sijuensis, Portunus spinimanus, Portunus stenaspis, Portunus straeleni, Portunus suessi, Portunus tenuis, Portunus thalae, Portunus tongfai, Portunus vectensis, Portunus viai, Portunus vicentinus, Portunus withersi, Portunus woodwardi, Portunus wynneanus, Portunus xantusii, Portunus yaucoensis, Lupa sayi, Lupa dicantha, Lupa spinimana, Lupa gibbesii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Calmoutiers, chailles siliceuses, which is in an Oxfordian offshore ramp limestone in the Terrain à Chailles Formation of France

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Calmoutiers, chailles siliceuses

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