Portunites nodosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Portunoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Portunoidea

Familia: Portunidae
Subfamilia: Polybiinae
Genus: †Portunites

Species: P. nodosus

Name

Portunites nodosus Schweitzer & Feldmann 2000

Type locality

• Eocene; Hoko River Formation; locality RB32 of Ross E. Berglund, near Neah Bay, Clallam County, Washington, USA

Type material

• Holotype: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA; USNM 507811
• Paratype: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA; USNM 507812

References

Schweitzer, C. E. & Feldmann, R. M. (2000) "New fossil portunids from Washington, USA, and Argentina, and a re-evaluation of the generic and family relationships within the Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Paleontology 74(4):636–653.