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. 2010
See also Garassino et al. 2008 and Garassino et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Albertoppelia, Ambilobeia, Antrimpos, Bombur, Bylgia, Carinacaris, Drobna, Dusa, Eopabdehus, Funchalia, Hakelocaris, Koelga, Libanocaris, Longichela, Macropenaeus, Metapenaeopsis, Metapenaeus, Microchela, Micropenaeus, Parapenaeus, Penaeopsis, Penaeus, Pseudobombur, Pseudodusa, Rauna, Rhodanicaris, Satyrocaris, Satyrus, Trachypenaeus
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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