Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Alternative combinations: Raninella quadrispinosum, Raninella quadrispinosus, Raninoides quadrispinosus
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, R. H. B. Fraaye, and W.M. Jagt. 1995. Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40(2):165-210
Belongs to Raninoides according to H. Karasawa et al. 2014
See also Collins et al. 1995, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Raninoides acanthocolus, Raninoides araucana, Raninoides asper, Raninoides barnardi, Raninoides benedicti, Raninoides borealis, Raninoides bournei, Raninoides bouvieri, Raninoides budapestiniensis, Raninoides crosnieri, Raninoides dickersoni, Raninoides eugenensis, Raninoides fabianii, Raninoides fulgidus, Raninoides fulungensis, Raninoides glabra, Raninoides goedertorum, Raninoides gottschei, Raninoides granulofrons, Raninoides hendersoni, Raninoides hollandica, Raninoides intermedius, Raninoides javanus, Raninoides lamarcki, Raninoides longifrons, Raninoides louisianensis, Raninoides madurensis, Raninoides mexicanus, Raninoides morrisi, Raninoides nodai, Raninoides notopoides, Raninoides ombonii, Raninoides oregonensis, Raninoides perarmata, Raninoides personatus, Raninoides pliocenicus, Raninoides proracanthus, Raninoides pulchra, Raninoides rathbunae, Raninoides rioturbiensis, Raninoides serratifrons, Raninoides sinuosus, Raninoides slaki, Raninoides toehoepae, Raninoides treldenaesensis, Raninoides vaderensis, Raninoides washburnei, Laeviranina hollandica, Laeviranina fabianii, Laeviranina simplicissima, Laeviranina ovalis, Laeviranina pororariensis, Laeviranina pulchra, Laeviranina goedertorum, Laeviranina perarmata, Laeviranina keyesi
Type specimen: MAB k.1010. Its type locality is ENCI NV quarry (upper third of Meerssen Mb), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at ENCI NV quarry (upper third of Meerssen Mb)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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