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Portunus pusillinus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Portunus pusillinus was named by Secrétan (1971). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is L'Estagnol, Fontcouverte, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Ceronnectes pusillinus by Karasawa et al. (2008), Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Portunus pusillinus Secrétan p. 124 figs. Pl 8, figs 4-7
2008Ceronnectes pusillinus Karasawa et al. p. 94
2010Ceronnectes pusillinus Schweitzer et al. p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPortuninaeRafinesque 1815
genusPortunusWeber 1795
speciespusillinus

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.

Portunus pusillinus Secrétan 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Portunus pusillinus (type locality: 226630)