Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: F. J. Vega, T. Cosma, M. A. Coutino, R. M. Feldmann, T. G. Nyborg, C. E. Schweitzer, and D. A. Waugh. 2001. New middle Eocene decapods (Crustacea) from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75:929-946
Belongs to Lophoranina according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Hernández-Monzón et al. 2007, Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017 and Vega et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Lophoranina aculeata, Lophoranina albeshtensis, Lophoranina aldrovandii, Lophoranina avesana, Lophoranina bakerti, Lophoranina barroisi, Lophoranina bishopi, Lophoranina bittneri, Lophoranina cinquecrista, 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: IHNCH-3428. Its type locality is IHM 1004, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the San Juan Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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