Archaeoportunus Artal et al. 2013 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: P. Artal, À Ossó, and J. L. Dominguez. 2013. Archaeoportunus isabenensis, a new genus and species of portunoid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the lower Eocene of Huesca (Spain). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 65:307-317

Parent taxon: Portunidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Artal et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Arenaeinae, Carcinides, Carupinae, Enoplonotus, Lupinae, Lupocyclinae, Necronectinae, Neptunus, Podophthalminae, Portuninae, Psammocarcininae, Thalamitinae

Subtaxa: Archaeoportunus isabenensis

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Type: Archaeoportunus isabenensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Spain (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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