Raninoides slaki Squires 2001 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires. 2001. Additions to the Eocene megafossil fauna of the Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, southern California. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 489:1-40

Belongs to Raninoides according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Karasawa et al. 2014, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and Squires 2001

Sister taxa: Raninoides acanthocolus, Raninoides araucana, Raninoides asper, Raninoides barnardi, Raninoides benedicti, Raninoides borealis, Raninoides bournei, Raninoides bouvieri, Raninoides budapestiniensis, Raninoides crosnieri, Raninoides dickersoni, Raninoides eugenensis, Raninoides fabianii, Raninoides fulgidus, Raninoides fulungensis, Raninoides glabra, Raninoides goedertorum, Raninoides gottschei, Raninoides hendersoni, Raninoides hollandica, Raninoides intermedius, Raninoides javanus, Raninoides lamarcki, Raninoides longifrons, Raninoides louisianensis, Raninoides madurensis, Raninoides mexicanus, Raninoides morrisi, Raninoides nodai, Raninoides notopoides, Raninoides ombonii, Raninoides oregonensis, Raninoides perarmata, Raninoides personatus, Raninoides pliocenicus, Raninoides proracanthus, Raninoides pulchra, Raninoides quadrispinosa, Raninoides rangiferusdup, Raninoides rathbunae, Raninoides rioturbiensis, Raninoides serratifrons, Raninoides sinuosus, Raninoides toehoepae, Raninoides treldenaesensis, Raninoides vaderensis, Raninoides washburnei, Laeviranina simplicissima, Laeviranina keyesi, Laeviranina pulchra, Laeviranina pororariensis, Laeviranina goedertorum, Laeviranina perarmata, Laeviranina ovalis, Laeviranina fabianii, Laeviranina hollandica

Type specimen: Its type locality is CSUN Loc548, Simi Arroyo, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface siltstone/sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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