Macropenaeus

Macropenaeus is an extinct genus of prawn in the order Decapoda,[1] containing two species: the type species M. incertus, known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon, and M. sidiaichensis known from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Tunisia.[2][3]

Macropenaeus incertus
Temporal range: Barremian–Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Dendrobranchiata
Family:
Penaeidae
Genus:
Macropenaeus

Garassino, 1994
Species:
M. incertus
Binomial name
Macropenaeus incertus
(Roger, 1946)
Synonyms

Penaeus incertus Roger, 1946

References
  1. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. "Macropenaeus". fossil.net. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  3. Kamel Boukhalfa; Sergio Sudarsky; Walid Ben Ali; Rodney M. Feldmann; Carrie E. Schweitzer; Mohamed Soussi (2017). "New Early Cretaceous shrimp (Decapoda) from the Sidi Aïch Formation of the Northern Chotts Range, southern Tunisia: Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and palaeoenvironmental implications". Cretaceous Research. 75: 162–172. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.005.


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