Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Full reference: G. Schweigert and A. Garassino. 2004. New genera and species of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata, Caridea) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of S Germany. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde 1-33

Parent taxon: Penaeidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Ambilobeia, Antrimpos, Bombur, Bylgia, Carinacaris, Cretapenaeus, Drobna, Dusa, Eopabdehus, Funchalia, Hakelocaris, Koelga, Libanocaris, Longichela, Macropenaeus, Metapenaeopsis, Metapenaeus, Microchela, Micropenaeus, Parapenaeus, Penaeopsis, Penaeus, Pseudobombur, Pseudodusa, Rauna, Rhodanicaris, Satyrocaris, Satyrus, Trachypenaeus

Subtaxa: Albertoppelia kuempeli

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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