Raninoides perarmata Glaessner 1960 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1960. The fossil decapod Crustacea of New Zealand and the evolution of the Order Decapoda. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 31:1-79

Belongs to Raninoides according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Raninoides acanthocolus, Raninoides araucana, Raninoides asper, Raninoides barnardi, Raninoides benedicti, Raninoides borealis, Raninoides bournei, Raninoides bouvieri, Raninoides budapestiniensis, Raninoides crosnieri, Raninoides dickersoni, Raninoides eugenensis, Raninoides fabianii, Raninoides fulgidus, Raninoides fulungensis, Raninoides glabra, Raninoides goedertorum, Raninoides gottschei, Raninoides hendersoni, Raninoides hollandica, Raninoides intermedius, Raninoides javanus, Raninoides lamarcki, Raninoides longifrons, Raninoides louisianensis, Raninoides madurensis, Raninoides mexicanus, Raninoides morrisi, Raninoides nodai, Raninoides notopoides, Raninoides ombonii, Raninoides oregonensis, Raninoides personatus, Raninoides pliocenicus, Raninoides proracanthus, Raninoides pulchra, Raninoides quadrispinosa, Raninoides rangiferusdup, Raninoides rathbunae, Raninoides rioturbiensis, Raninoides serratifrons, Raninoides sinuosus, Raninoides slaki, Raninoides toehoepae, Raninoides treldenaesensis, Raninoides vaderensis, Raninoides washburnei, Laeviranina fabianii, Laeviranina goedertorum, Laeviranina keyesi, Laeviranina perarmata, Laeviranina pororariensis, Laeviranina simplicissima, Laeviranina pulchra, Laeviranina hollandica, Laeviranina ovalis

Type specimen: NZGS DC 246, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Milburn Quarry, which is in a Chattian carbonate limestone in the Milburn Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Raninoides perarmata in the database

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