†family Carpopenaeidae Garassino 1994 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpopenaeidae
Full reference: A. Garassino. 1994. The macruran decapod crustaceans of the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Paleontologia Lombarda 3:1-27
Parent taxon: Penaeoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aciculopodidae, Aegeridae, Aristeidae, Benthesicymidae, Casertanus, Gladiocaris, Homelys, Penaeidae, Sicyoniidae, Solenoceridae
Subtaxa: Carpopenaeus Epipenaeus
Type: Carpopenaeus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences