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Raniliformis ornata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Raniliformis ornata was named by De Angeli and Beschin (2007). Its type specimen is MCZ 2679 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cava Boschetto di Chiampo (Museo Civico G. Zannato collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Raniliformis ornata De Angeli and Beschin p. 34 figs. Pl 2, figs 3a-c; text-fig 4.3a,b
2010Raniliformis ornata Schweitzer et al. p. 73
2016Raniliformis ornata Beschin et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—PodotremataGuinot 1977
—Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyRaninoideade Haan 1839
familyRaninidae
subfamilyNotopodinaeSerene and Umali 1972
genusRaniliformis
speciesornata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Raniliformis ornata De Angeli and Beschin 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Raniliformis ornata (81057 type locality: 226613)