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Portunites sylviae
Taxonomy
Portunites sylviae was named by Quayle and Collins (1981). Its type specimen is BMNH In.61713, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horizon J, Christchurch Bay (Quayle collection), which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Becton Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1981 | Portunites sylviae Quayle and Collins p. 748 figs. Pl 105, fig 4 |
2010 | Portunites sylviae Schweitzer et al. p. 108 |
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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 sylviae Quayle and Collins 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available