Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Belongs to Lophoranina according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Blow and Manning 1996, Feldmann et al. 1998 and Karasawa et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Lophoranina aculeata, Lophoranina albeshtensis, Lophoranina aldrovandii, Lophoranina avesana, Lophoranina bakerti, Lophoranina barroisi, Lophoranina bishopi, Lophoranina bittneri, Lophoranina cinquecrista, Lophoranina cristaspina, Lophoranina georgiana, Lophoranina georgina, Lophoranina kemmelingi, Lophoranina laevifrons, Lophoranina levantina, Lophoranina lincki, Lophoranina marestiana, Lophoranina maxima, Lophoranina persica, Lophoranina porifera, Lophoranina precocia, Lophoranina quinquespinosa, Lophoranina reussi, Lophoranina rossi, Lophoranina soembaensis, Lophoranina straeleni, Lophoranina tchihatcheffi, Lophoranina toyosimai
Type specimen: USNM 484541, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 26870, Martin Marietta Castle Hayne quarry, which is in a Bartonian carbonate limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: North Carolina collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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