Nipponopon Karasawa et al. 2006 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa, H. Kato, and K. Terabe. 2006. A new member of the Family Prosopidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23(3):344-349

Parent taxon: Prosopidae according to B. van Bakel et al. 2021

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Bajoprosopon, Europrosopon, Petersbuchia, Prosopon, Protuberosa, Rathbunopon

Subtaxa: Nipponopon hasegawai

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at "Upper Member" of Sebayashi Formation (Matsukawa 1983) (Cretaceous of Japan)

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