Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Parent taxon: Raninidae according to F. A. Ferratges et al. 2025
See also Beschin et al. 2011, Collins et al. 2003, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann 1992, Feldmann et al. 2019, 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, Notopocorystinae, Notopodinae, Pseudoranina, Raninoidinae, Sabahranina, Symethinae
Subtaxa: Alcespina Alloranina Lophoranina Lophoraninella Ranina Raninella Remyranina Rodanina Vegaranina
Type: Rodanina
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 (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Türkiye (1), United States (14: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama, North Dakota)
• Paleogene of Mexico (2)
• Cretaceous of Cuba (3), France (3), Lebanon (5), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (13: Delaware, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 114 collections including 136 occurrences