Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Alternative combination: Alcespina berglundi
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, F. Vega, A. B. Tucker, P. Garcia-Barrera, J. and Avendano. 1996. The Oldest Record of Lophoranina (Decapoda: Raninidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Chiapas, Southeastern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 70(2):296-303
Belongs to Ranina according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Pasini and Garassino 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2007 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Ranina aldrovandi, Ranina bavarica, Ranina bouilleana, Ranina brevispina, Ranina burleighensis, Ranina cretacea, Ranina cuspidata, Ranina elegans, Ranina georgiana, Ranina granulosa, Ranina griesbachi, Ranina haszlinskyi, Ranina hirsuta, Ranina laevifrons, Ranina laevis, Ranina lamiensis, Ranina marestiana, Ranina molengraaffi, Ranina oblonga, Ranina ornata, Ranina palmea, Ranina pellattieroi, Ranina propinqua, Ranina quinquespinosa, Ranina ranina, Ranina reussi, Ranina speciosa, Ranina tejoniana, Ranina trechmanni
Type specimen: Its type locality is CSUN Loc1220b, Mesa la Salina, which is in a Ypresian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/limestone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (4 collections)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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