Biology:Mecochirus
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Short description: Extinct genus of crustaceans
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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
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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, Mechocirus longimanatus before it was realised that it belonged to Archaeopteryx lithographica.[4]
Paleoecology
Mecochirus rapax may have lived inside or produced Thalassinoides burrows.[5]
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.
- ↑ Sylvain Charbonnier; Rémy Gilardet; Alessandro Garassino; Giliane P. Odin (2023). "A new species of mecochirid lobster from the Late Cretaceous of France, preserved with its eggs". Geodiversitas 45 (23): 681–688. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a23. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/45/23.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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" (in en). PALAIOS 22 (1): 104–109. doi:10.2110/palo.2006.p06-011r. ISSN 0883-1351. Bibcode: 2007Palai..22..104C. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/palaios/article/22/1/104-109/145864.
Wikidata ☰ Q3853490 entry
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