Portunites

Portunites Temporal range: Eocene–Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Portunites alaskensis fossil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Polybiidae
Genus:	†Portunites Bell, 1858

Portunites is an extinct genus of decapod in the family Polybiidae. There are about 12 described species in Portunites.[1][2]

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Portunites:

• † Portunites alaskensis Rathbun, 1926
• † Portunites angustata Collins et al., 1999
• † Portunites eocenica Lorenthey, 1929
• † Portunites hoepfneri Moths, 2005
• † Portunites incerta Bell, 1857
• † Portunites kattachiensis Karasawa, 1992
• † Portunites nodosus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
• † Portunites rosenfeldi De Angeli & Garassino, 2006
• † Portunites stintoni Quayle, 1984
• † Portunites sylviae Quayle & Collins, 1981
• † Portunites insculpta Rathbun, 1926
• † Portunites triangulum Rathbun

References

1. "Portunites". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
2. "The Paleobiology Database, genus Portunites". Retrieved 2020-01-25.