Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae
Synonyms: Machaerophorus von der Marck 1863, Pseudocrangon Schluter 1862
Parent taxon: Penaeidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Garassino and Beschin 1999, Poore and Ahyong 2004, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Microchela, Micropenaeus, Oppelicaris, Parapenaeus, Penaeopsis, Pseudobombur, Pseudodrobna, Pseudodusa, Rauna, Rhodanicaris, Satyrocaris, Tiche, Trachypenaeus, Tzeltalpenaeus, Xiaopenaeus, Zoquepenaeus
Subtaxa: 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 tenuicauda Penaeus vanzii Penaeus vernassensis Penaeus wenasogensis
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (2), Lebanon (2), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Jurassic of Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 11 collections including 15 occurrences
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