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Penaeus natator

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Taxonomy
Penaeus natator was named by Glaessner (1945). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (BMNH collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Penaeus natator Glaessner
2010Penaeus natator Schweitzer et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
genusPenaeusFabricius 1798
speciesnatator

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.

†Penaeus natator Glaessner 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:30:51
Modified: 2022-11-16 15:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Penaeus natator (type locality: 221157)