Colossopantopodus nanus Sabroux et al. 2019 (sea spider)

Pycnogonida - Pantopoda - Colossendeidae

Full reference: R. Sabroux, D. Audo, S. Charbonnier, L. Corbari, and A. Hassanin. 2019. 150-million-year-old sea spiders (Pycnogonida: Pantopoda) of Solnhofen. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:1927-1938

Belongs to Colossopantopodus according to R. Sabroux et al. 2019

Sister taxon: Colossopantopodus boissinensis

Type specimen: JME-SOS-6291a, a carapace. 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.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME and Kümpel collection)

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