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Alloranina pellattieroi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Ranina pellattieroi was named by De Angeli and Beschin (2011). Its type specimen is MCZ 3392-I.G.336930, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cava di Monte Crocetta (Creazzo), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Alloranina pellattieroi by Ferratges et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Ranina pellattieroi De Angeli and Beschin p. 15 figs. 3.1-3.3
2014Ranina pellattieroi Karasawa et al. p. 260
2025Alloranina pellattieroi Ferratges et al. p. 551

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
genusAlloranina
speciespellattieroi()

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.

†Alloranina pellattieroi De Angeli and Beschin 2011
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Italy Ranina pellattieroi (type locality: 226824)