Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, G. Gonzalez-Barba and V. Cosovic. 2006. New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:21-45
Belongs to Raninoides according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2007
Sister taxa: 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 quadrispinosa, Raninoides rathbunae, Raninoides rioturbiensis, Raninoides serratifrons, Raninoides sinuosus, Raninoides slaki, Raninoides toehoepae, Raninoides treldenaesensis, Raninoides vaderensis, Raninoides washburnei, Laeviranina hollandica, Laeviranina fabianii, Laeviranina ovalis, Laeviranina perarmata, Laeviranina keyesi, Laeviranina simplicissima, Laeviranina goedertorum, Laeviranina pororariensis, Laeviranina pulchra
Type specimen: MHN-UABCS/Ba12-6, a carapace
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Waypoint 29 San Ignacio (Eocene of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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