Laeviprosopon laculatum Schweitzer and Feldmann 2008 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2008. Revision of the genus Laeviprosopon Glaessner, 1933 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Homolodromioidea: Prosopidae) including 2 new species. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlung 250(3):273-285

Belongs to Laeviprosopon according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2008

Sister taxa: Laeviprosopon fraasi, Laeviprosopon grandicentrum, Laeviprosopon icaunensis, Laeviprosopon laeve, Laeviprosopon lazarae, Laeviprosopon punctatum, Laeviprosopon sublaeve

Type specimen: NHMW1990/0041/4221, a carapace

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ernstbrunn Quarry Dorfles V (NHMW collection) (Jurassic of Austria)

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