†Carpopenaeus Glaessner 1945 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpopenaeidae
Full reference: M.F. Glaessner. 1945. Cretaceous Crustacea from Mount Lebanon, Syria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(11):694-706
Parent taxon: Carpopenaeidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Charbonnier 2025, Glaessner 1945, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Epipenaeus
Subtaxa: Carpopenaeus callirostris Carpopenaeus garassinoi Carpopenaeus peterbuergeri Carpopenaeus septemspinatus Carpopenaeus syriacus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections including 10 occurrences
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