Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Alternative combination: Notosceles bournei
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1928. Two new crabs from the Eocene of Texas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73:1-6
Belongs to Raninoides according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2006
See also Rathbun 1928 and Rathbun 1935
Sister taxa: Raninoides acanthocolus, Raninoides araucana, Raninoides asper, Raninoides barnardi, Raninoides benedicti, Raninoides borealis, Raninoides bouvieri, Raninoides budapestiniensis, Raninoides crosnieri, Raninoides dickersoni, Raninoides eugenensis, Raninoides fabianii, Raninoides fulgidus, Raninoides fulungensis, Raninoides glabra, Raninoides goedertorum, Raninoides gottschei, Raninoides granulofrons, 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 sinuosus, Raninoides slaki, Raninoides toehoepae, Raninoides treldenaesensis, Raninoides vaderensis, Raninoides washburnei, Laeviranina hollandica, Laeviranina fabianii, Laeviranina ovalis, Laeviranina perarmata, Laeviranina keyesi, Laeviranina simplicissima, Laeviranina goedertorum, Laeviranina pororariensis, Laeviranina pulchra
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lane No1 drill core, north of Kerens, which is in a Danian marine horizon in Texas.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (6: Alabama, Arkansas, Texas collections)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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