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Portunites macrospinus
Taxonomy
Portunites macrospinus was named by Schweitzer et al. (2000). Its type specimen is CM 45833, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pulali Point, Aldwell Formation, which is in an Eocene marine conglomerate/siltstone in the Aldwell Formation of Washington.
It was recombined as Megokkos macrospinus by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Nyborg et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was recombined as Megokkos macrospinus by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Nyborg et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Portunites macrospinus Schweitzer et al. p. 39 |
| 2000 | Megokkos macrospinus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 641 |
| 2003 | Megokkos macrospinus Nyborg et al. p. 324 |
| 2010 | Megokkos macrospinus Schweitzer et al. p. 107 |
| 2021 | Megokkos macrospinus Schweitzer et al. p. 11 fig. 5.1a,b |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Portunites macrospinus Schweitzer et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene | USA (Washington) | Portunites macrospinus (type locality: 202157) |