Claudioranina latacantha Martínez-Díaz et al. 2017 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Full reference: J. L. Martínez-Díaz, M. C. Aguillon-Martínez, J. Luque and F. J. Vega. 2017. Paleocene decapod Crustacea from northeastern Mexico: Additions to biostratigraphy and diversity. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 74:67-82

Belongs to Claudioranina according to J. Luque et al. 2017

See also Martínez-Díaz et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Claudioranina oblonga

Type specimen: Its type locality is Las Moras, which is in a Selandian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Rancho Nuevo Formation of Mexico

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Moras

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