Doraranina manleyi Gustafson et al. 2019 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Full reference: E. P. Gustafson, T. Nyborg, and B. W. M. Bakel. 2019. A new genus and species of raninid crab, Doraranina manleyi (Decapoda: Raninoidea: Lyreididae) from the lower Eocene of Oregon. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 292(2):121-128

Belongs to Doraranina according to E. P. Gustafson et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CMNH F-62673, a carapace. Its type locality is UO 4577, Steele Creek, which is in a Ypresian marine siltstone in the Lookingglass Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UO 4577, Steele Creek

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