Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae
Alternative combination: Machaerophorus spectabilis
Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1863. Fossile Fische, Krebse und Pflanzen aus den Plattenkalken der jüngsten Kreide aus Westfalen. Palaeontographica 11:1-83
Belongs to Penaeus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also von der Marck 1863
Sister taxa: Penaeus barmerensis, Penaeus bolcensis, Penaeus cornappensis, Penaeus esculentus, Penaeus furensis, Penaeus glaessneri, Penaeus hamleti, Penaeus kapurdii, Penaeus latisulcatus, Penaeus maddeni, Penaeus obtusus, Penaeus plebejus, Penaeus sharpii, Penaeus smyrnacus, Penaeus sorbinii, Penaeus tenuicauda, Penaeus vanzii, Penaeus vernassensis, Penaeus wenasogensis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Area around Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)
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