Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Parent taxon: Raninidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2019
See also Beschin et al. 2011, Collins et al. 2003, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann 1992, Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Ng et al. 2009, Pasini and Garassino 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2007, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2018, van Bakel et al. 2012 and Vega et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Cyrtorhininae, Notopodinae, Raninoidinae, Sabahranina, Symethinae, Vanuachela
Subtaxa: Alcespina Lophoranina Lophoraninella Ranina Raninella Remyranina Vegaranina
Type: Ranina
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Fiji (4 collections)
• Miocene of Fiji (4), Italy (2), Mexico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (1), United States (9: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Hungary (2), Italy (26), Mexico (9), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (1), United States (14: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleogene of Mexico (2)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama, North Dakota)
• Cretaceous of Cuba (1), France (3), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 99 collections including 120 occurrences