Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, O. Bennett, O. D. Franţescu, N. Resar and A. Trudeau. 2011. New Eocene Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 262:323-353
Belongs to Lophoranina according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2011
See also Karasawa et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Lophoranina aculeata, Lophoranina albeshtensis, Lophoranina aldrovandii, Lophoranina avesana, Lophoranina bakerti, Lophoranina barroisi, Lophoranina bishopi, Lophoranina bittneri, 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 raynorae, Lophoranina reussi, Lophoranina rossi, Lophoranina soembaensis, Lophoranina straeleni, Lophoranina tchihatcheffi, Lophoranina toyosimai
Type specimen: SMNS 67887, a carapace. Its type locality is Locality XXIX, Mokattam (bed AAAγ), which is in a Priabonian marine shale in the Maadi Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Locality XXIX, Mokattam (bed AAAγ)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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