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Raninella armata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Raninella armata was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blue Mound, near Haslet, which is in an Albian marine claystone in the Denton Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Cenomanocarcinus armatus by Schweitzer et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Karasawa et al. (2014) and Schweitzer et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Raninella armata Rathbun p. 50 figs. Plate 11, Figs. 32, 33
2003Cenomanocarcinus armatus Schweitzer et al. p. 36
2010Cenomanocarcinus armatus Schweitzer et al. p. 70
2014Cenomanocarcinus armatus Karasawa et al. p. 232
2016Cenomanocarcinus armatus Schweitzer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
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
subfamilyRanininaeDe Haan 1839
genusRaninellaMilne-Edwards 1862
speciesarmata

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.

Raninella armata Rathbun 1935
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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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Raninella armata (type locality: 141130)