Palaeopycnogonides gracilis Charbonnier et al. 2007 (sea spider)

Pycnogonida - Pantopoda - Palaeopycnogonididae

Full reference: S. Charbonnier, J. Vannier, and B. Riou. 2007. New sea spiders from the Jurassic La Voulte-sur-Rhône Lagerstätte. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:2555-2561

Belongs to Palaeopycnogonides according to R. Sabroux et al. 2023

See also Charbonnier et al. 2007 and Dunlop et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN.F.A52381, a carapace. Its type locality is La Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche (MNHN collection), which is in a Callovian offshore marl in France.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche (MNHN collection)

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