Prosopon heraldicum Moericke 1897 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae

Belongs to Prosopon according to Moericke 1897

See also Schweitzer et al. 2012 and van Bakel and Guinot 2023

Sister taxa: Prosopon abbreviatum, Prosopon aequum, Prosopon dzhafarberdensis, Prosopon excisum, Prosopon jocosum, Prosopon mammillatum, Prosopon mirum, Prosopon ovale, Prosopon paradoxum, Prosopon protuberosum, Prosopon richardsoni, Prosopon stotzingense, Prosopon tuberosum, Prosopon vilsense

Type specimen: BSP AS III 306, a carapace

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Carpates Orientales (Jurassic of Romania)

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