Mecochirus longimanatus Temporal range: Late Jurassic |
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Fossil of Mecochirus longimanatus, from the Solnhofen limestones. Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin). | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Glypheidea |
Family: | Mecochiridae |
Genus: | Mecochirus |
Species: | M. longimanatus |
Binomial name | |
Mecochirus longimanatus Schlotheim, 1822 |
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Synonyms | |
Mecochirus longimanus [1] |
Mecochirus longimanatus is an extinct species of lobster-like decapod crustacean from the Jurassic of Europe.