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
Belongs to Cretapenaeus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Garassino et al. 2008 and Garassino et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN A24633, a carapace. Its type locality is Djebel Oum Tkout, which is in a Cenomanian pond claystone in Morocco.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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