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
Belongs to Zoquepenaeus according to A. Garassino et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IHNFG-4714. Its type locality is El Chango Quarry, which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Cintalapa Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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