Mecochirus

Mecochirus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Aptian
[1]
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

Mecochirus is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans, containing 17 species.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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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