Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1926. The fossil stalk-eyed Crustacea of the Pacific slope of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 138:1-155
Belongs to Ranina according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Rathbun 1926 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
Sister taxa: Ranina aldrovandi, Ranina bavarica, Ranina berglundi, Ranina bouilleana, Ranina brevispina, Ranina burleighensis, Ranina cretacea, Ranina cuspidata, Ranina elegans, Ranina georgiana, Ranina granulosa, Ranina griesbachi, Ranina haszlinskyi, Ranina hirsuta, Ranina laevifrons, Ranina laevis, Ranina lamiensis, Ranina marestiana, Ranina molengraaffi, Ranina oblonga, Ranina ornata, Ranina palmea, Ranina pellattieroi, Ranina propinqua, Ranina quinquespinosa, Ranina ranina, Ranina reussi, Ranina speciosa, Ranina trechmanni
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at West side of Tecuya Creek (Eocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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