Mecochirus Explained

Mecochirus is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans, containing 17 species.[1] The Maxberg Specimen of Archaeopteryx was initially assigned to the type species, Mechocirus longimanatus before it was realised that it belonged to Archaeopteryx lithographica.[2]

Paleoecology

Mecochirus rapax may have lived inside or produced Thalassinoides burrows.[3]

Notes and References

  1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
  2. Heller . F. . 1960 . Der dritte Archaeopteryx-Fund aus den Solnhofener Plattenkalken des oberen Malm Frankens . Journal für Ornithologie . 101 . 1–2. 7–28 . 10.1007/bf01670630. 44286412 .
  3. Carvalho. C. N. D.. Viegas. P. A.. Cachao. M.. Thalassinoides and ITS Producer: Populations of Mecochirus Buried within Their Burrow Systems, Boca do Chapim Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Portugal. 2007-01-01. PALAIOS. en. 22. 1. 104–109. 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-011r. 2007Palai..22..104C. 130132392. 0883-1351.

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