Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, D. M. Tshudy, and M. R. A. Thomson. 1993. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene decapod crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. The Paleontological Society Memoir 28:1-41
Parent taxon: Raninoidinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Feldmann et al. 1993, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Bonizzatoides, Notopoides, Notosceles, Pseudorogueus, Quasilaeviranina, Raninoides
Subtaxa: Cristafrons praescientis
Type: Cristafrons praescientis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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