Mecochirus longimanatus
Extinct species of crustacean
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Mecochirus longimanatus is an extinct species of lobster-like decapod crustacean from the Jurassic of Europe.
| Mecochirus longimanatus Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil from the Solnhofen limestones (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | †Mecochiridae |
| Genus: | †Mecochirus |
| Species: | †M. longimanatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mecochirus longimanatus Schlotheim, 1822 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mecochirus longimanus | |
