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 Notopus according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Notopus dorsipes, Notopus minutus, Notopus misakiensis
Type specimen: MMNS IP-2324. 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:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Mississippi collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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