Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26
Belongs to Lophoranina according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Blow and Manning 1996 and Karasawa et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Lophoranina aculeata, Lophoranina albeshtensis, Lophoranina aldrovandii, Lophoranina avesana, Lophoranina bakerti, Lophoranina barroisi, Lophoranina bishopi, Lophoranina bittneri, Lophoranina cinquecrista, 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 soembaensis, Lophoranina straeleni, Lophoranina tchihatcheffi, Lophoranina toyosimai
Type specimen: USNM 484535, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 26878, Martin Marietta Georgetown quarry, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Santee Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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