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Nodoprosopon heydeni
Taxonomy
Prosopon heydeni was named by Von Meyer (1860) [Wehner (1988) designated the neotype. Schweitzer et al. (2007) placed it within Planoprosopon. It was originally named as Prosopon heydeni.]. Its type specimen is Museum Tubingen, Quenstedt, Jura, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Nodoprosopon heydeni by Collins (1985); it was recombined as Planoprosopon heydeni by Schweitzer et al. (2009), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2012).
It was recombined as Nodoprosopon heydeni by Collins (1985); it was recombined as Planoprosopon heydeni by Schweitzer et al. (2009), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1860 | Prosopon heydeni Von Meyer |
| 1985 | Nodoprosopon heydeni Collins p. 78 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4 |
| 2009 | Planoprosopon heydeni Schweitzer et al. p. 5 |
| 2010 | Planoprosopon heydeni Schweitzer et al. p. 63 |
| 2012 | Planoprosopon heydeni Schweitzer et al. p. 16 fig. 8.2a |
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†Nodoprosopon heydeni Von Meyer 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available