Mecochirus
| Mecochirus Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Aptian | |
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| 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.[2]
References
- ↑ Peter A. Jell; Jack T. Woods; Alex G. Cook (2017). "Mecochirus Germar (Decapoda: Glypheoidea) in the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1318169.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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