Mecochirus

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Mecochirus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Fossil 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, 1827
Type species
Mecochirus longimanatus
Schlotheim, 1822

Mecochirus is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans, containing 17 species.[1]

References

  1. 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. 


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