Stenochirus

Stenochirus is an extinct genus of decapod crustaceans that lived from the Callovian to Tithonian stages of the Jurassic period. Its fossils have been found in Germany and France.

Stenochirus
Temporal range:
Fossils of S. mayeri (left) and S. angustus (right)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Stenochiridae
Genus: Stenochirus
Oppel, 1861
Type species
Bolina angusta
Münster, 1839
Species
  • S. angustus Münster, 1839
  • S. mayeri Oppel, 1862
  • S. vahldieki Schweigert, Garassino & Riou, 2006
Synonyms
S. angustus synonymy
  • Bolina angusta Münster, 1839
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