Mecochirus Germar, 1827

Charbonnier, Sylvain & Garassino, Alessandro, 2012, The marine arthropods from the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones (Late Jurassic, Germany) in the collections of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Geodiversitas 34 (4), pp. 857-871 : 866

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2012n4a8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5465402
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scientific name	Mecochirus Germar, 1827
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Genus Mecochirus Germar, 1827

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

Mecochirus longimanatus (von Schlotheim, 1820) ( Fig. 4 View FIG A-C)

STUDIED MATERIAL. — 20 specimens from Solnhofen ( MNHN.F.A33508, A33533 View Materials , A33534 View Materials , A33535 View Materials , A33536 View Materials , A33537 View Materials , A33538 View Materials , A33539 View Materials , A33540 View Materials , A33541 View Materials , A33546 View Materials , A42007 View Materials , B13453, B13456, B13457, R03397; MNHN.GG.2004/8073, 2004/8081, 2004/8102, 2004/8232) ; 2 specimens from Eichstätt ( MNHN.F. A33542 View Materials , B13454) ; 2 specimens from “ Pappenheim ” ( MNHN.GG.2004/8075, 2004/8231) ; 3 specimens from unknown locality ( MNHN.F.A42005; MNHN.GG.2004/7461, 2004/8080). Collections, Brongniart, Labarre, Boué, A. Milne Edwards, Hoffstetter, Braillon, Rey-Jouvin .

COMMENTS

Specimens MNHN.F.A42005 ( Fig. 4B View FIG ) and MNHN.F.B13456 ( Fig.4C View FIG ) show carapaces completely dislocated and disarticulated respect the other parts of the body. They are probably exuviae. For the two specimens labelled as “Pappenheim”, see Material and Methods.

Infraorder ACHELATA Scholtz & Richter, 1995 Family PALINURIDAE Latreille, 1802