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Mecochirus germari

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae

Taxonomy
Mecochirus germari was named by Garassino (1996). Its type specimen is MSNM i13521, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Osteno, which is in a Bucklandi lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Lombardische Kieselkalk Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Mecochirus germari Garassino p. 346 figs. 9,10,26-29
2010Mecochirus germari Schweitzer et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyMecochiridaeVan Straelen 1925
genusMecochirusGermar 1827
speciesgermari

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 germari Garassino 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available