Mecochirus longimanus

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Mecochirus longimanus
Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Eucarida
Order: Decapoda
Genus: Mecochirus
Species: M. longimanus

Mecochirus longimanus is an extinct species of lobster-like decapod crustacean from the Jurassic of Europe.

[edit] Sources

  • Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution by Euan Clarkson and Euan, N.K. Clarkson
  • A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case
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