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Prosopon richardsoni

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae

Taxonomy
Prosopon richardsoni was named by Woodward (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tor Hill, which is in an Aalenian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Tanidromites richardsoni by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweigert and Koppka (2011), Franţescu (2011) and Schweitzer et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Prosopon richardsoni Woodward p. 80 figs. Fig. 1
2010Tanidromites richardsoni Schweitzer et al. p. 61
2011Tanidromites richardsoni Franţescu p. 284 fig. 10
2011Tanidromites richardsoni Schweigert and Koppka p. 5 figs. 1-2
2012Tanidromites richardsoni Schweitzer et al. p. 18 fig. 11.1c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
superfamilyHomolodromioideaAlcock 1900
familyProsopidaevon Meyer 1860
genusProsoponvon Meyer 1835
speciesrichardsoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Prosopon richardsoni Woodward 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Middle Aalenian or 175.60000 to 171.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Prosopon richardsoni (type locality: 207146)