Ranina

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Ranina
Temporal range: Paleogene - Recent
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Fossil of Ranina speciosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Raninidae
Subfamily: Ranininae
De Haan, 1839
Genus: Ranina
Lamarck, 1801

Ranina is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Raninidae. It has two extant species.

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Distribution

Fossils of these crabs have been found in the sediments of United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Australia from the Paleogene period to Recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 Ma). [1]

Species

Species within this genus include: [1] [2]

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