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Ranilia punctulata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Ranilia punctulata was named by Beschin et al. (1988). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cava Boschetto di Nogarole Vicentino (unit A), which is in a Lutetian carbonate tuff in Italy. It is the type species of Italianira.

It was recombined as Italianira punctulata by Karasawa et al. (2014), Beschin et al. (2016) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Ranilia punctulata Beschin et al. p. 196 figs. Fig. 12, Plate 11, Figs. 1, 2
1994Ranilia punctulata Beschin et al. p. 176
2007Ranilia punctulata De Angeli and Beschin p. 32 figs. 3(2a-d)
2009Ranilia punctulata Beschin et al. p. 68
2010Ranilia punctulata Beschin et al. p. 14
2010Ranilia punctulata Schweitzer et al. p. 73
2014Italianira punctulata Karasawa et al. p. 263
2016Italianira punctulata Beschin et al. p. 31
2018Italianira punctulata Schweitzer et al. p. 26 fig. 12.7

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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
subfamilyNotopodinaeSerene and Umali 1972
genusRaniliaMilne-Edwards 1880
speciespunctulata

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.

Ranilia punctulata Beschin et al. 1988
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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, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Ranilia punctulata (207595)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Ranilia punctulata (type locality: 176657 226613)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy Ranilia punctulata (207786)