Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Synonyms: Carciniellum Strand 1928, Mecochiria, Megachirus Bronn 1836, Norna Munster 1840, Pterochirus Munster 1839
Parent taxon: Mecochiridae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2015
See also Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 1995, Garassino 1996, Glaessner 1960, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atherfieldastacus, Eumorphia, Huhatanka, Jabaloya, Meyeria, Selenisca
Subtaxa: Mecochirus cenomanicus Mecochirus chilensis Mecochirus clypeatus Mecochirus dubius Mecochirus eckerti Mecochirus foresti Mecochirus germari Mecochirus grandis Mecochirus houdardi Mecochirus leionoton Mecochirus longimanatus Mecochirus marwicki Mecochirus minimus Mecochirus olifex Mecochirus pearcei Mecochirus peytoni Mecochirus robbianoi Mecochirus rostratus Mecochirus socialis Mecochirus tuberculatus Mecochirus tuberculatus Mecochirus tuberculatus Mecochirus tuberculatus
Type: Macrourites longimanatus
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections), Germany (3), Greenland (7), Mexico (1)
• Heterian of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), France (2), Germany (2), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Portugal (1), Switzerland (9), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 40 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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