Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae
Full reference: A. Garassino, G. Pasini, and D. Dutheil. 2006. Cretapenaeus berberus n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southeastern Morocco. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 147(1):3-17
Parent taxon: Penaeidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Garassino et al. 2008, Garassino et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Albertoppelia, Ambilobeia, Antrimpos, Araripenaeus, Bylgia, Bylginella, Carinacaris, 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
Subtaxa: Cretapenaeus berberus
Type: Cretapenaeus berberus
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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