''Carpopenaeus'' is an extinct genus of

prawn Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (which is a member of the order decapoda), some of which can be eaten. The term "prawn"Mortenson, Philip B (2010''This is not a weasel: a close look at nature ...

, which existed during the

Upper Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987. In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...

and

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

periods.''Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Volume 2'', by Raymond Cecil Moore, Curt Teichert, Joint Committee on Invertebrate Paleontology, Geological Society of America. Published 1953. It contains three species.

References

Dendrobranchiata Late Cretaceous crustaceans Late Jurassic crustaceans Late Cretaceous extinctions Tithonian genera Berriasian genera Valanginian genera Hauterivian genera Barremian genera Aptian genera Albian genera Cenomanian genera Late Jurassic first appearances Mesozoic arthropods of Asia Fossil taxa described in 1946 Early Cretaceous crustaceans {{Decapoda-stub