Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Parent taxon: Glypheoidea according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2015
See also Aguirre-Urreta 1989, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Robin et al. 2016 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Chimaerastacidae, Clytiopsidae, Glypheidae, Litogastroidae, Mesochiridae, Neoglypheidae, Platychelidae
Subtaxa: Atherfieldastacus Eumorphia Huhatanka Jabaloya Mecochirus Meyeria Selenisca
Type: Mecochirus
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (7), Argentina (3), Canada (2: British Columbia), Colombia (2), France (6), Germany (5), Greenland (7), Mexico (7), Spain (5), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (3: Kansas, Texas)
• Heterian of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), France (4), Germany (5), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (9), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 91 collections including 94 occurrences