Mecochirus

Mecochirus; Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [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; Schlotheim, 1822

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

References

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.
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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