Carpopenaeus

Carpopenaeus is an extinct genus of prawn, which existed during the Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.[1][2] It contains three species.[2][3]

Carpopenaeus
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic–Cretaceous
Carpopenaeus callirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Dendrobranchiata
Family:
† Carpopenaeidae

Garassino, 1994
Genus:
† Carpopenaeus

Glaessner, 1946
Species
  • † Carpopenaeus callirostris
  • † Carpopenaeus peterbuergeri
  • † Carpopenaeus septemspintus

References
  1. Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Volume 2, by Raymond Cecil Moore, Curt Teichert, Joint Committee on Invertebrate Paleontology, Geological Society of America. Published 1953.
  2. Günther Schweigert; Alessandro Garassino (2005). "First record of the shrimp genus Carpopenaeus Glaessner, 1945 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Carpopenaeidae) from the Upper Jurassic". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 8: 490–502.
  3. 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.


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