Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Parent taxon: Ranininae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Lörenthey 1898, Luque et al. 2017, Ng et al. 2009, Rathbun 1926, Rathbun 1930, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Alcespina, Lophoranina, Lophoraninella, Raninella, Remyranina, Vegaranina
Subtaxa: Ranina aldrovandi Ranina bavarica Ranina berglundi Ranina bouilleana Ranina brevispina Ranina burleighensis Ranina cretacea Ranina cuspidata Ranina elegans Ranina georgiana Ranina granulosa Ranina griesbachi Ranina haszlinskyi Ranina hirsuta Ranina laevifrons Ranina laevis Ranina lamiensis Ranina marestiana Ranina molengraaffi Ranina oblonga Ranina ornata Ranina palmea Ranina pellattieroi Ranina propinqua Ranina quinquespinosa Ranina ranina Ranina reussi Ranina speciosa Ranina tejoniana Ranina trechmanni
Type: Cancer raninus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Fiji (4 collections)
• Miocene of Fiji (4), Italy (2), Mexico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Hungary (2), Italy (5), Mexico (5), Spain (1), United States (6: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 37 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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