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Portunus atecuicitlis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Portunus atecuicitlis was named by Vega (1999). Its type specimen is IGM-7653, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IMG 2989, San Pablo [Tuxpan Fm], which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Tuxpan Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Portunus atecuicitlis Vega p. 407
1999Portunus atecuicitlis Vega et al. p. 407
2010Portunus atecuicitlis Schweitzer et al. p. 111
2017Portunus atecuicitlis Luque et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
speciesatecuicitlisVega 1999

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 atecuicitlis Vega 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available