Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Full reference: A. De Angeli. 2011. Raniliformis bellini n. sp., nuovo crostaceo Raninidae (Decapoda, Brachyura) dell’Eocene della Valle del Chiampo (Vicenza, Italia settentrionale). Lavori - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 36:103-109

Belongs to Raniliformis according to A. De Angeli 2011

Sister taxa: Raniliformis baltica, Raniliformis chevrona, Raniliformis clampensis, Raniliformis eocaenica, Raniliformis occlusa, Raniliformis ornata, Raniliformis prebaltica

Type specimen: MCZ 3217-I.G.336903, a carapace. Its type locality is Cava Albanello di Nogarole Vicentino (Museo Civico G. Zannato collection), which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone in Italy.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cava Albanello di Nogarole Vicentino (Museo Civico G. Zannato collection)

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