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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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