Mecochirus
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Mecochirus is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans, containing 17 species.[3] The Maxberg Specimen of Archaeopteryx was initially assigned to the type species, Mecochirus longimanatus before it was realised that it belonged to Archaeopteryx lithographica.[4]
| Mecochirus | |
|---|---|
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| Fossil of Mecochirus longimanatus, from the Solnhofen limestones | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | †Mecochiridae |
| Genus: | †Mecochirus Germar, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Mecochirus longimanatus Schlotheim, 1822 | |
Paleoecology
Mecochirus rapax may have lived inside or produced Thalassinoides burrows.[5]
