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Raninoides sinuosus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Laeviranina sinuosa was named by Collins and Morris (1978). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 48241, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South of Nila Kund, which is in a Ypresian coastal shale/limestone in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Raninoides sinuosus by Schweitzer et al. (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Karasawa et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Laeviranina sinuosa Collins and Morris p. 964 figs. Pl 116, figs 4-6
2006Raninoides sinuosus Schweitzer et al. p. 28 figs. Table 2
2010Raninoides sinuosus Schweitzer et al. p. 76
2014Raninoides sinuosus Karasawa et al. p. 258

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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
subfamilyRaninoidinaeLorenthey and Beurlen 1929
genusRaninoides
speciessinuosus()

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.

Raninoides sinuosus Collins and Morris 1978
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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: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Laeviranina sinuosa (7731)