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Fossil of Mecochirus longimanatus, from the Solnhofen limestones | |
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Genus: | Mecochirus Germar, 1827
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Mecochirus longimanatus Schlotheim, 1822
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Mecochirus is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans, containing 17 species.[3] The Maxberg Specimen of Archaeopteryx was initially assigned to the type species, Mechocirus longimanatus before it was realised that it belonged to Archaeopteryx lithographica.[4]