Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and G. Phillips. 2019. Paleogene Decapoda (Caridea, Anomura, Axiidea, Brachyura) from Alabama and Mississippi, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39(3):279-302
Belongs to Lophoranina according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2019
Sister taxa: 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 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 specimen: MMNS IP-1980. Its type locality is MMNS MS 65.004, Glendon Formation, which is in a Rupelian marine limestone in the Mint Springs Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at MMNS MS 65.004, Glendon Formation
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