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Portunites macrospinus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)388207https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=388207
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Macropipidae : Portunites : Portunites macrospinus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classMalacostracaLatreille 1802
superorderEucaridaCalman 1904
orderDecapodaLatreille 1802
-MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyuraLatreille 1802
-Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
-HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyMacropipidaeStephenson and Campbell 1960
genusPortunitesBell 1858
speciesPortunites macrospinusSchweitzer et al. 2000
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Portunites macrospinusspeciesbelongs to Portunitesstated with evidenceSchweitzer et al., 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietcarnivore (based on Decapoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and A. B. Tucker, R. E. Berglund. 2000. Eocene decapod crustaceans from Pulali Point, Washington. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 69(1):23-67

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2000Portunites macrospinus Schweitzer et al. p. 39
2000Megokkos macrospinus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 641
2003Megokkos macrospinus Nyborg et al. p. 324

References

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2000) Eocene decapod crustaceans from Pulali Point, Washington, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 69 1, 23-67
Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M. (2000) New fossil portunids from Washington, USA, and Argentina and a re-evaluation of generic and family relationships within the Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda: Brachyura), Journal of Paleontology 74 4, 636-653
Nyborg T. G., Berglund R. E., et al (2003) A New Crab From The Late Eocene Hoko River Formation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington: The Earliest Record Of Euphylax (Decapoda: Portunidae), Journal of Paleontology 77 2, 323-330 doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0323:ANCFTL>2.0.CO;2
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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