Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Full reference: M. A. Pagani, S. E. Damborenea, M. O. Mancenido and S. M. Ferrari. 2011. New early Jurassic decapod crustacean from Patagonia (Chubut Province), Argentina. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 85:143-154
Belongs to Mecochirus according to M. A. Pagani et al. 2011
Sister taxa: 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 rostratus, Mecochirus socialis, Mecochirus tuberculatus, Mecochirus tuberculatus, Mecochirus tuberculatus, Mecochirus tuberculatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Meseta de Catreleo, which is in a Falciferum shoreface sandstone in the Osta Arena Formation of Argentina
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Meseta de Catreleo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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