Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae
Parent taxon: Penaeoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also De Grave et al. 2009, Garassino and Pasini 2002, Garassino and Teruzzi 1993, Hegna et al. 2020, Poore and Ahyong 2004 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aciculopodidae, Aegeridae, Aristeidae, Benthesicymidae, Carpopenaeidae, Casertanus, Gladiocaris, Homelys, Sicyoniidae, Solenoceridae
Subtaxa: Albertoppelia Ambilobeia Antrimpos Araripenaeus Bylgia Bylginella Carinacaris Cretapenaeus Drobna Dusa Eopabdehus Eystaettia Franconipenaeus Funchalia Hakelocaris Ifasya Joinvilleicaris Koelga Ladinicaris Libanocaris Longichela Macropenaeus Metapenaeopsis Metapenaeus Microchela Micropenaeus Oppelicaris Parapenaeus Penaeopsis Penaeus Pseudobombur Pseudodrobna Pseudodusa Rauna Rhodanicaris Satyrocaris Tiche Trachypenaeus Tzeltalpenaeus Xiaopenaeus Zoquepenaeus
Type: Penaeus
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Italy (2)
• Eocene of Iran (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Germany (2), Italy (1), Lebanon (5), Mexico (2), Morocco (2), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (9), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Triassic of France (7), Germany (1), Italy (12), Madagascar (4), Switzerland (1)
Total: 59 collections including 103 occurrences