Mecochirus longimanatus

Mecochirus longimanatus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Fossil from the Solnhofen limestones (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: †Mecochiridae
Genus: †Mecochirus
Species:
†M. longimanatus
Binomial name
†Mecochirus longimanatus
Synonyms[1]

Mecochirus longimanus

Mecochirus longimanatus is an extinct species of lobster-like decapod crustacean from the Jurassic of Europe.

References

  1. ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer, Rodney M. Feldmann & Iuliana Lazăr (2009). "Fossil Crustacea (excluding Cirripedia and Ostracoda) in the University of Bucharest Collections, Romania, including two new species" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 35: 1–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-12.


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