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Nodoprosopon spinosum
Taxonomy
Prosopon spinosum was named by Von Meyer (1842). It is not extant. It is the type species of Abyssophthalmus.
It was recombined as Nodoprosopon spinosum by Collins (1985); it was recombined as Abyssophthalmus spinosus by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2012).
It was recombined as Nodoprosopon spinosum by Collins (1985); it was recombined as Abyssophthalmus spinosus by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1842 | Prosopon spinosum Von Meyer |
| 1985 | Nodoprosopon spinosum Collins p. 80 figs. Pl 1, fig 6 |
| 2009 | Abyssophthalmus spinosus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 108 |
| 2010 | Abyssophthalmus spinosus Schweitzer et al. p. 63 |
| 2012 | Abyssophthalmus spinosus Schweitzer et al. p. 13 fig. 9.1 |
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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.
†Nodoprosopon spinosum Von Meyer 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available