Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae

Full reference: B. van Bakel, L. Maerten, J. Jagt and R. Fraaije. 2021. Bajoprosopon piardi n. gen. and sp. from the Middle Jurassic of France, with a revised diagnosis of the family Prosopidae von Meyer, 1860 (Brachyura, Podotremata) and notes on the availability of names introduced by Hermann von Meyer (1835, 1857). Palaeontologia Electronica

Parent taxon: Prosopidae according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024

See also van Bakel et al. 2021

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

Subtaxa: Bajoprosopon piardi

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Type: Bajoprosopon piardi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Les Fours à Chaux’ (lime kiln), base of level 12 (Jurassic of France)

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