Mecochirus
Mecochirus Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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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.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.
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