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Nodoprosopon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4646146	https://www.gbif.org/species/4646146
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22571	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22571

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Nodoprosopidae : Nodoprosopon

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Malacostraca	Latreille 1802
superorder	Eucarida	Calman 1904
order	Decapoda	Latreille 1802
-	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	Latreille 1802
superfamily	Glaessneropsoidea	Patrulius 1959
family	Nodoprosopidae	Schweitzer and Feldmann 2009
genus	Nodoprosopon	Beurlen 1928

Scientific Name

Nodoprosopon Beurlen, 1928

Name Published In

Palaeont. Z., 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nodoprosopon	genus	belongs to Nodoprosopidae	stated with evidence	Schweitzer and Feldmann, 2009
Nodoprosopon	genus	belongs to Nodoprosopidae	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

165 - 161 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Malacostraca)

Vision

well-developed (based on Malacostraca)

Diet

carnivore (based on Decapoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Malacostraca)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Nodoprosopon bellaii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Nodoprosopon bucculentum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Nodoprosopon circinatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Nodoprosopon echinorum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Nodoprosopon heydeni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Nodoprosopon mainense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Nodoprosopon ordinatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Nodoprosopon ornatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Nodoprosopon spinosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	161 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Nodoprosopon torosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1928	Nodoprosopon Beurlen
2009	Nodoprosopon Schweitzer and Feldmann
2010	Nodoprosopon Schweitzer et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M. (2009) Revision of the Prosopinae sensu Glaessner, 1969 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) including four new families, four new genera, and five new species, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 110, 55-121

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Palaeont. Z., 10 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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