Cretapenaeus

Cretapenaeus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous 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:	Cretapenaeus; Garassino, Pasini & Dutheil, 2006
Species:	C. berberus
Binomial name
	Cretapenaeus berberus; Garassino, Pasini & Dutheil, 2006

Cretapenaeus berberus is an extinct species of prawn which existed in Morocco during the Late Cretaceous period. It is the only species in the genus Cretapenaeus.^[1]

References

^ Alessandro Garassino, Giovanni Pasini & Didier B. Dutheil (2006). "Cretapenaeus berberus n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southeastern Morocco". Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del museo civico di storia naturale di Milano. 147. ISSN 0037-8844.

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[1] Alessandro Garassino, Giovanni Pasini & Didier B. Dutheil (2006). "Cretapenaeus berberus n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southeastern Morocco". Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del museo civico di storia naturale di Milano. 147. ISSN 0037-8844.

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