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Raninidae

Raninidae

Overview

Raninidae de Haan, 1833

Common Name: Frog Crab

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Elongated round carapace with flattened limbs. Claws are modified for more efiicient digging.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Carnivore

        HABITAT: Epifaunal, Semi-infaunal

Sources:

Brooks, H. K. et al., 1969. Decapoda, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda 4, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 651 pp.


Genera of Raninidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway