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Alloranina arjae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Alloranina arjae was named by Ferratges et al. (2025). Its type specimen is MPZ2024/321, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranco de Ramals, near La Puebla de Roda (MPZ collection), which is in a Ypresian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Serraduy Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Alloranina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Alloranina arjae Ferratges et al. p. 553 figs. 3, 4

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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
speciesarjae

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 arjae Ferratges et al. 2025
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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, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Alloranina arjae (type locality: 210299 226427)