Microchela

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crustaceans}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Cenomanian}} | genus = Microchela | parent_authority = Garassino, 1994 | species = rostrata | authority = Garassino, 1994 }}

'''''Microchela''''' is an extinct genus of prawn, which contains a single species '''''Microchela rostrata'''''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol72/nr02/art05 |journal=Contributions to Zoology |volume=72 |issue=2/3 |year=2003 |title=Morphometric analysis of extant ''Nephrops norvegicus'' (Linné, 1758) and ''Solenocera membranacea'' (Risso, 1826) applied to systematic palaeontology of fossil decapod crustaceans |author1=Giuseppina Damiano |author2=Alessandro Garassino |author3=Stefano Scali |author4=Giorgio Teruzzi }}</ref>

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Category:Penaeidae Category:Late Cretaceous crustaceans Category:Monotypic prehistoric decapod genera Category:Cenomanian genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 1994 Category:Late Cretaceous arthropods of Asia Category:Fossils of Lebanon Category:Cretaceous Lebanon