Biology:Eryon

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Short description: Extinct genus of crustaceans

Eryon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Eryon cuvieri Solnhofen.jpg
Eryon cuvieri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Eryonidae
Genus: Eryon
A. G. Desmarest, 1817 [1]

Eryon is an extinct genus of decapod crustaceans from the Late Jurassic of Germany .[2] Its remains are known from the Solnhofen limestone. It reached a length of around 10 cm (3.9 in), and may have fed on particulate matter on the sea bed.

References

  1. Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1817). "Crustacés fossiles". Nouveau dictionnaire d'Histoire naturelle appliquée aux arts, à l'Agriculture, à l'Économie rurale et domestique, à la Médecine, etc. COR-CUN T. 8: 495–519. https://archive.org/details/nouveaudictionna08metc. 
  2. Cyril Walker, David Ward (2002). Fossils. Smithsonian Handbooks (2nd ed.). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7894-8984-5. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3502991 entry