Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion. 1992. Paleontology of the Eocene Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 434:1-55
Belongs to Lophoranina according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2007 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Lophoranina aculeata, Lophoranina albeshtensis, Lophoranina aldrovandii, Lophoranina avesana, Lophoranina bakerti, Lophoranina barroisi, Lophoranina bittneri, Lophoranina cinquecrista, Lophoranina cristaspina, Lophoranina georgiana, Lophoranina georgina, Lophoranina kemmelingi, Lophoranina laevifrons, Lophoranina levantina, Lophoranina lincki, Lophoranina marestiana, Lophoranina maxima, Lophoranina persica, Lophoranina porifera, Lophoranina precocia, Lophoranina quinquespinosa, Lophoranina raynorae, Lophoranina reussi, Lophoranina rossi, Lophoranina soembaensis, Lophoranina straeleni, Lophoranina tchihatcheffi, Lophoranina toyosimai
Type specimen: Its type locality is CSUN Loc1220b, Mesa la Salina, which is in a Ypresian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/limestone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (3 collections)
• Paleogene of Mexico (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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