Portunites

Portunites
Temporal range: Eocene–Neogene
Portunites alaskensis fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Portunites:

References

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