Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, D. Guinot, P. Artal, R. H. B. Fraaije, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2012. A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata). Zootaxa 3215:1-216
Parent taxon: Ranininae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Alcespina, Alloranina, Lophoranina, Lophoraninella, Ranina, Raninella, Remyranina, Rodanina
Subtaxa: Vegaranina precocia Vegaranina precocious
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleogene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Cuba (2), Mexico (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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