Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Should be attributed to Simpson 2016 in Robin, et al. 2016
Synonym: Meyerella Simpson 1985
Full reference: N. Robin, S. Charbonnier, D. Merle, M. I. Simpson, G. Petit and S. Fernandez. 2016. Bivalves on mecochirid lobsters from the Aptian of the Isle of Wight: Snapshot on an Early Cretaceous palaeosymbiosis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 453(78):10-19
Parent taxon: Mecochiridae according to O. González-León 2022
See also Aguirre-Urreta 1989, Oliva Simó et al. 2019, Robin et al. 2016, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2024 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eumorphia, Huhatanka, Jabaloya, Mecochirus, Meyeria, Romaniacheiros, Selenisca
Subtaxa: Atherfieldastacus magnus Atherfieldastacus mexicanus Atherfieldastacus rapax Atherfieldastacus schwartzi
Type: Meyeria magna
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections), Colombia (1), Germany (1), Mexico (3), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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