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Cretapenaeus berberus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Penaeidae

Taxonomy
Cretapenaeus berberus was named by Garassino et al. (2006). Its type specimen is MNHN A24633, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Djebel Oum Tkout, which is in a Cenomanian pond claystone in Morocco. It is the type species of Cretapenaeus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Cretapenaeus berberus Garassino et al. p. 10 figs. 7-11
2008Cretapenaeus berberus Garassino et al. p. 46
2010Cretapenaeus berberus Schweitzer et al. p. 10

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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
genusCretapenaeus
speciesberberus

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.

†Cretapenaeus berberus Garassino et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
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