Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Alternative combinations: Meyerella magna, Meyeria magna
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1849. On the classification of some British fossil Crustacea with notices of new forms in the university collection at Cambridge. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 4:330-335
Belongs to Atherfieldastacus according to À. Ossó et al. 2024
See also Aguirre-Urreta 1989, Feldmann et al. 1995, González-León 2022, Robin et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Atherfieldastacus mexicanus, Atherfieldastacus rapax, Atherfieldastacus schwartzi
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1 collection), Mexico (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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