Cretapenaeus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Penaeidae |
| Genus: | †Cretapenaeus Garassino, Pasini & Dutheil, 2006 |
| 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
[edit]- ^ 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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