Mecochirus

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, Mecochirus longimanatus before it was realised that it belonged to Archaeopteryx lithographica.^[4]

Mecochirus Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1][2]
Fossil of Mecochirus longimanatus, from the Solnhofen limestones
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	†Mecochiridae
Genus:	†Mecochirus Germar, 1827
Type species
Mecochirus longimanatus Schlotheim, 1822

Paleoecology

Mecochirus rapax may have lived inside or produced Thalassinoides burrows.^[5]