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Mecochirus cenomanicus
Taxonomy
Mecochirus cenomanicus was named by Charbonnier et al. (2023). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.B16583, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. 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.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Mecochirus cenomanicus Charbonnier et al. p. 682 fig. 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Mecochirus cenomanicus Charbonnier et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Cenomanian | France | Mecochirus cenomanicus (type locality: 232721) |