Penaeus tenuicauda von der Marck 1858 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Alternative combinations: Palaemon tenuicaudus, Pseudocrangon tenuicaudus

Synonym: Pseudocrangon crassicaudus von der Marck 1863

Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1858. Ueber einige Wirbelthiere, Kruster und Cephalopoden der Westfälischen Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 10:231-271

Belongs to Penaeus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Schweitzer et al. 2023, von der Marck 1858 and von der Marck 1863

Sister taxa: Penaeus arambourgi, Penaeus barmerensis, Penaeus bolcensis, Penaeus cornappensis, Penaeus esculentus, Penaeus furensis, Penaeus glaessneri, Penaeus hamleti, Penaeus kapurdii, Penaeus latisulcatus, Penaeus maddeni, Penaeus natator, Penaeus obtusus, Penaeus plebejus, Penaeus sharpii, Penaeus smyrnacus, Penaeus sorbinii, Penaeus spectabilis, Penaeus vanzii, Penaeus vernassensis, Penaeus wenasogensis

Type specimens:

  • Penaeus tenuicauda: Its type locality is Area around Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany
  • Pseudocrangon crassicaudus:

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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