Parent taxon: Dendrobranchiata according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also De Grave et al. 2009, Hegna et al. 2020, Poore and Ahyong 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2014 and Wolfe et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Sergestoidea
Subtaxa: Aciculopodidae Aegeridae Aristeidae Benthesicymidae Carpopenaeidae Casertanus Gladiocaris Homelys Penaeidae Sicyoniidae Solenoceridae
Type: Penaeus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Italy (2)
• Eocene of Iran (1), Italy (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Germany (3), Italy (1), Lebanon (7), Mexico (3), Morocco (2), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (9), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Triassic of Austria (1), China (3), France (9), Germany (2), Italy (12), Madagascar (4), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Idaho, Nevada)
• Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 87 collections including 181 occurrences