Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: J. W. M. Jagt, J. S. H. Collins, and R. H. B. Fraaye. 1993. A new Early Paleocene genus of raninid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Denmark, Southern Sweden and the Netherlands. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 30(3-4):177-182
Parent taxon: Notopodinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Beschin et al. 2016, De Angeli and Beschin 2007, Fraaye and van Bakel 1998, Jagt et al. 1993, Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Cosmonotini, Cosmonotus, Erroranilia, Eumorphocorystes, Italianira, Lianira, Lovarina, Notopella, Notopodini, Notoporanina, Notopus, Ponotus, Proxilianira, Pseudoraninella, Ranilia, Rugosanilia, Umalia
Subtaxa: Raniliformis baltica Raniliformis bellini Raniliformis chevrona Raniliformis clampensis Raniliformis eocaenica Raniliformis occlusa Raniliformis ornata Raniliformis prebaltica
Type: Raninella baltica
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (4 collections)
• Paleocene of Denmark (2), the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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