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Micropenaeus tenuirostris

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Taxonomy
Micropenaeus tenuirostris was named by Bravi and Garassino (1998). Its type specimen is Museo di Paleontologia di Napoli M21833, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Le Cavere site, Pietraroia (Museo Napoli collection), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in Italy. It is the type species of Micropenaeus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Micropenaeus tenuirostris Bravi and Garassino p. 153 fig. 23
2010Micropenaeus tenuirostris Schweitzer et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderDendrobranchiataBate 1888
superfamilyPenaeoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPenaeidaeRafinesque 1815
genusMicropenaeus
speciestenuirostris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Micropenaeus tenuirostris Bravi and Garassino 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:30:51
Modified: 2025-10-02 18:59:48
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Italy (Benevento) Micropenaeus tenuirostris (type locality: 127350)