Mecochirus Germar, 1827

Charbonnier, Sylvain, Gilardet, Rémy, Garassino, Alessandro & Odin, Giliane P., 2023, A new species of mecochirid lobster from the Late Cretaceous of France, preserved with its eggs, Geodiversitas 45 (23), pp. 681-688 : 682

Genus Mecochirus Germar, 1827

TYPE SPECIES. — Macrourites longimanatus Schlotheim, 1820 , subsequent designation of Woods (1927: 64).

INCLUDED FOSSIL SPECIES. — Mecochirus clypeatus (Carter, 1898) (Bathonian, United Kingdom); M. germari Garassino, 1996 (Sinemurian, Italy); M. lanceolatus Jell, Woods & Cook, 2017 (Aptian, Australia); M. leionoton (Krause, 1891) (Tithonian, Germany); M. longimanatus (Schlotheim, 1820) (Tithonian, Germany); M. marwicki Glaessner, 1960 (Kimmeridgian, New Zealand); M. mcclymontorum Jell, Woods & Cook, 2017 (Aptian, Australia); M. meyeri (Roemer, 1836) (Kimmeridgian, Germany); M. peytoni Woodward, 1876 (Kimmeridgian, France); M. robbianoi Pagani, Damborenea, Manceñido & Ferrari, 2011 (Toarcian, Argentina); M. cenomanicus n. sp. (Cenomanian, France) (this work).