Raninoides sinuosus Collins and Morris 1978

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Alternative combination: Laeviranina sinuosa

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1978. New Lower Tertiary Crabs from Pakistan. Palaeontology 21(4):957-981

Belongs to Raninoides according to H. Karasawa et al. 2014

See also Collins and Morris 1978, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and 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 perarmata, Raninoides personatus, Raninoides pliocenicus, Raninoides proracanthus, Raninoides pulchra, Raninoides quadrispinosa, Raninoides rathbunae, Raninoides rioturbiensis, Raninoides serratifrons, Raninoides slaki, Raninoides toehoepae, Raninoides treldenaesensis, Raninoides vaderensis, Raninoides washburnei, Laeviranina keyesi, Laeviranina fabianii, Laeviranina perarmata, Laeviranina pororariensis, Laeviranina simplicissima, Laeviranina goedertorum, Laeviranina pulchra, Laeviranina ovalis, Laeviranina hollandica

Type specimen: BMNH In. 48241, a carapace. Its type locality is South of Nila Kund, which is in a Ypresian coastal shale/limestone in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

Distribution: found only at South of Nila Kund

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