Palaeothea (sea spider)

Pycnogonida

Parent taxon: Pycnogonida according to D. J. Siveter et al. 2004

See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Austrodecus, Cambropycnogon, Flagellopantopus, Haliestes, Palaeoisopoda, Palaeoisopodidae, Palaeomarachne, Palaeopantopoda, Pantopoda, Pentapantopus

Subtaxa: Palaeothea devonica

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Type: Palaeothea devonica

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kaisergrube near Gemuenden, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

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