Palaeobenthesicymus

Palaeobenthesicymus; Temporal range: Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Family:	Benthesicymidae
Genus:	† Palaeobenthesicymus ; Audo & Charbonnier, 2013
Species:	†P. libanensis
Binomial name
	†Palaeobenthesicymus libanensis; (Brocchi, 1875)
Synonyms
	Penaeus libanensisBrocchi, 1875; Benthesicymus libanensis(Brocchi, 1875);

Last updated November 01, 2025

Palaeobenthesicymus is an extinct genus of prawns which existed in what is now Lebanon in the Late Santonian. It was described by Denis Audo and Sylvain Charbonnier in 2013, as a new genus for the species Penaeus libanensis, first described by P. Brocchi in 1875.^[1]

References

↑ Denis Audo & Sylvain Charbonnier (2013). "The crest-bearing shrimps from the Sahel Alma Lagerstätte (Late Cretaceous, Lebanon)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 58 (2): 335–349. doi: 10.4202/app.2011.0056 .

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[1] Denis Audo & Sylvain Charbonnier (2013). "The crest-bearing shrimps from the Sahel Alma Lagerstätte (Late Cretaceous, Lebanon)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 58 (2): 335–349. doi: 10.4202/app.2011.0056 .

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