- Mecochirus
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Mecochirus
Temporal range: Late JurassicFossil of Mecochirus longimanatus, from the Solnhofen limestones Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Glypheidea Family: Mecochiridae Genus: Mecochirus
Germar, 1827Type species Mecochirus longimanatus
Schlotheim, 1822Mecochirus is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans, containing 17 species.[1]
References
- ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
- Decapods
- Jurassic crustaceans
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric arthropod stubs
- Decapoda stubs
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