Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Synonym: Palaeonotopus Brocchi 1877
Parent taxon: Ranininae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2019
See also Beschin et al. 1988, Beschin et al. 1994, Beschin et al. 1998, Beschin and Busulini 2004, Beschin et al. 2009, Beschin et al. 2010, Beschin et al. 2018, Beschin et al. 2009, Beschin et al. 2011, Beschin et al. 2012, Beschin et al. 2016, Feldmann et al. 1998, Glaessner 1969, Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2007, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2018, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Demetrion 1992 and Vega et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Alcespina, Alloranina, Lophoraninella, Ranina, Raninella, Remyranina, Rodanina, Vegaranina
Subtaxa: 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 rossi Lophoranina soembaensis Lophoranina straeleni Lophoranina tchihatcheffi Lophoranina toyosimai
Type: Ranina marestiana
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Georgia, Mississippi collections)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Italy (22), Mexico (5), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Türkiye (1), United States (8: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleogene of Mexico (2)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
Total: 47 collections including 57 occurrences
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