†Nipponopon Karasawa et al. 2006 (crab)
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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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at "Upper Member" of Sebayashi Formation (Matsukawa 1983) (Cretaceous of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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