Eryon

Eryon; Temporal range: Late Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Eryonidae
Genus:	Eryon; A. G. Desmarest, 1817

Eryon (animal), 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[]

^ Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1817). "Crustacés fossiles". . T. 8: 495–519.
^ Cyril Walker, David Ward (2002). Fossils. Smithsonian Handbooks (2nd ed.). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7894-8984-5.

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[Desmarest-1] Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1817). "Crustacés fossiles". . T. 8: 495–519.

[2] Cyril Walker, David Ward (2002). Fossils. Smithsonian Handbooks (2nd ed.). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7894-8984-5.

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