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Penaeus tenuicauda

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Taxonomy
Palaemon tenuicaudus was named by von der Marck (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area around Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Pseudocrangon tenuicaudus by von der Marck (1863); it was recombined as Penaeus tenuicauda by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Palaemon tenuicaudus von der Marck p. 258 figs. Pl 6, fig 2
1863Pseudocrangon tenuicaudus von der Marck p. 69 figs. Pl 13, figs 17,18
1863Pseudocrangon crassicaudus von der Marck p. 74 figs. Pl 14, fig 3
2010Penaeus tenuicauda 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
genusPenaeusFabricius 1798
speciestenuicauda()

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 tenuicauda von der Marck 1858
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Invalid names: Pseudocrangon crassicaudus von der Marck 1863 [synonym]
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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Palaemon tenuicaudus, Pseudocrangon crassicaudus (type locality: 221711) Pseudocrangon tenuicaudus (221714)