†family Prosopidae von Meyer 1860 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae
Parent taxon: Homolodromioidea according to H. Karasawa et al. 2011
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2008, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Bucculentidae, Goniodromitidae, Homolodromiidae, Longodromitidae, Mesodromilites, Microcorystes, Nipponopon, Oonoton, Rugafarius, Tanidromitidae
Subtaxa: Laeviprosopon Pithonotinae Prosopon Protuberosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Austria (2), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Poland (1), Romania (3), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 14 collections including 22 occurrences