†family Prosopidae von Meyer 1860 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae
Parent taxon: Homolodromioidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Karasawa et al. 2011, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2008, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Bucculentidae, Eoprosopon, Goniodromitidae, Homolodromiidae, Longodromitidae, Tanidromitidae
Subtaxa: Laeviprosopon Pithonotinae Prosopon Protuberosa
Type: Prosopon
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Poland (1), Romania (4), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 15 collections including 23 occurrences