Mecochirus
Mecochirus is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans, containing 17 species.[2] The Maxberg Specimen of Archaeopteryx was initially assigned to the type species, Mechocirus longimanatus before it was realised that it belonged to Archaeopteryx lithographica.[3]
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| Fossil of Mecochirus longimanatus, from the Solnhofen limestones | |
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| Genus: | Mecochirus Germar, 1827 |
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| Mecochirus longimanatus Schlotheim, 1822 | |
Paleoecology
Mecochirus rapax may have lived inside or produced Thalassinoides burrows.[4]
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. 41 (4): 514–523. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1318169. S2CID 133638267.
- 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.
- Heller, F. (1960). "Der dritte Archaeopteryx-Fund aus den Solnhofener Plattenkalken des oberen Malm Frankens". Journal für Ornithologie. 101 (1–2): 7–28. doi:10.1007/bf01670630. S2CID 44286412.
- Carvalho, C. N. D.; Viegas, P. A.; Cachao, M. (2007-01-01). "Thalassinoides and ITS Producer: Populations of Mecochirus Buried within Their Burrow Systems, Boca do Chapim Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Portugal". PALAIOS. 22 (1): 104–109. Bibcode:2007Palai..22..104C. doi:10.2110/palo.2006.p06-011r. ISSN 0883-1351. S2CID 130132392.
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