Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Full reference: A. Garassino, F.J. Vega, L. S.R.S. Calvillo-Canadell Cevallos-Ferriz and M.A. Coutiño. 2013. New decapod crustacean assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Chiapas, Mexico. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlung 269(3):261-270

Parent taxon: Penaeidae according to A. Garassino et al. 2013

See also Schweitzer et al. 2023

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, Penaeus, Pseudobombur, Pseudodrobna, Pseudodusa, Rauna, Rhodanicaris, Satyrocaris, Tiche, Trachypenaeus, Xiaopenaeus, Zoquepenaeus

Subtaxa: Tzeltalpenaeus exilichelatus

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Type: Tzeltalpenaeus exilichelatus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at El Chango Quarry (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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