Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Full reference: S. Charbonnier, R. Gilardet, A. Garassino and G. P. Odin. 2023. A new species of mecochirid lobster from the Late Cretaceous of France, preserved with its eggs. Geodiversitas 45:681-688
Belongs to Mecochirus according to S. Charbonnier et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Mecochirus chilensis, Mecochirus dubius, Mecochirus eckerti, Mecochirus foresti, Mecochirus germari, Mecochirus grandis, Mecochirus leionoton, Mecochirus longimanatus, Mecochirus marwicki, Mecochirus minimus, Mecochirus pearcei, Mecochirus peytoni, Mecochirus robbianoi, Mecochirus rostratus, Mecochirus tuberculatus, Mecochirus tuberculatus, Mecochirus tuberculatus, Mecochirus tuberculatus
Type specimen: MNHN.F.B16583, a carapace. Its type locality is La Butte quarry, Le Mans (Sables et Grès du Mans), which is in a Cenomanian coastal claystone in the Le Mans Formation of France.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Butte quarry, Le Mans (Sables et Grès du Mans)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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