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. 2023
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Albertoppelia, Ambilobeia, Antrimpos, Araripenaeus, Bylgia, Bylginella, Carinacaris, Cretapenaeus, Drobna, Dusa, Eopabdehus, Eystaettia, Franconipenaeus, Funchalia, Hakelocaris, Ifasya, Joinvilleicaris, Koelga, Ladinicaris, Libanocaris, Longichela, Macropenaeus, Metapenaeopsis, Metapenaeus, Micropenaeus, Oppelicaris, Parapenaeus, Penaeopsis, Penaeus, Pseudobombur, Pseudodrobna, Pseudodusa, Rauna, Rhodanicaris, Satyrocaris, Tiche, Trachypenaeus, Tzeltalpenaeus, Xiaopenaeus, Zoquepenaeus
Subtaxa: Microchela rostrata
Type: Microchela rostrata
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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