Cosmonotus Adams and White 1848 (crab)

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

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cava Main di Arzignano (Eocene of Italy)

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