Cretapenaeus
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Genus: | Cretapenaeus Garassino, Pasini & Dutheil, 2006
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Species: | C. berberus
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Cretapenaeus berberus Garassino, Pasini & Dutheil, 2006
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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.
Categories:
- Penaeidae
- Late Cretaceous crustaceans
- Fossils of Morocco
- Prehistoric crustacean genera
- Decapod genera
- Crustaceans described in 2006
- Decapoda stubs
- Cretaceous animal stubs