Cosmonotus Adams and White 1848 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Parent taxon: Notopodinae according to H. Karasawa et al. 2014
See also Beschin et al. 1988, Ng et al. 2009 and van Bakel et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Cosmonotini, Erroranilia, Eumorphocorystes, Italianira, Lianira, Lovarina, Notopella, Notopodini, Notoporanina, Notopus, Ponotus, Proxilianira, Pseudoraninella, Ranilia, Raniliformis, Rugosanilia, Umalia
Subtaxa: Cosmonotus eocaenicus Cosmonotus grayi
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cava Main di Arzignano (Eocene of Italy)
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