Macropenaeus Garassino 1994 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Full reference: A. Garassino. 1994. The macruran decapod crustaceans of the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Paleontologia Lombarda 3:1-27

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

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

Subtaxa: Macropenaeus incertus

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Type: Penaeus incertus

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haqel (MSNM collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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