K391
Classification
The biological classification of the species represented in the fossil.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda (Latreille 1829)
Subphylum: Crustacea (Brünnich 1772)
Class: Malacostraca (Latreille 1802)
Superorder: Eucarida (Calman 1904)
Order: Decapoda (Latreille 1802)
Suborder: Pleocyemata (Burkenroad 1963)
Infraorder: Glypheidea (Winckler 1882)
Superfamily: Glypheoidea (Winckler 1882)
Family: Mecochiridae (Van Straelen 1925)
Genus: Mecochirus (Germar 1827)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Latreille 1829)
Subphylum: Crustacea (Brünnich 1772)
Class: Malacostraca (Latreille 1802)
Superorder: Eucarida (Calman 1904)
Order: Decapoda (Latreille 1802)
Suborder: Pleocyemata (Burkenroad 1963)
Infraorder: Glypheidea (Winckler 1882)
Superfamily: Glypheoidea (Winckler 1882)
Family: Mecochiridae (Van Straelen 1925)
Genus: Mecochirus (Germar 1827)
Element
A description of the object collected, in particular what parts are represented.
Pyritized crustacean carapace?
Collection date
The date an object was collected in the field.
6.2.1988
Collection place
The place where an object was excavated or collected in the field.
United Kingdom > England > Dorset
