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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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.