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Colossopantopodus nanus

Pycnogonida - Pantopoda - Colossendeidae

Taxonomy
Colossopantopodus nanus was named by Sabroux et al. (2019). Its type specimen is JME-SOS-6291a, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME and Kümpel collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Colossopantopodus nanus Sabroux et al. p. 1933 figs. 3A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
classPycnogonidaLatreille 1810
orderPantopodaGerstaecker 1863
familyColossendeidaeJarzynsky 1870
subfamilyColossendeinaeJarzynsky 1870
genusColossopantopodus
speciesnanus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Colossopantopodus nanus Sabroux et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-15 04:21:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:22:33
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Colossopantopodus nanus (type locality: 139551)