Portunites nodosus

Taxonavigation

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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

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Portunites nodosus Schweitzer & Feldmann 2000

Type locality

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

Type material

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  • 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

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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.