Cycleryon

Cycleryon
Temporal range: Jurassic
[1]
Cycleryon propinquus from Germany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Eryonidae
Genus: Cycleryon
Glaessner 1965
Synonyms
  • Eryon propinquus

Cycleryon is an extinct genus of decapod crustaceans. The type species is Cycleryon propinquus.[2]

These epifaunal carnivores lived during the Jurassic of Germany and France, from 164.7 to 161.2 Ma.[1][3]

Species

  • Cycleryon elongatus Munster 1839
  • Cycleryon orbiculatus Munster 1839
  • Cycleryon propinquus Schlotheim 1822
  • Cycleryon wulfi Garassino and Schweigert 2004

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ Decapoda: Eryonoidea
  3. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Malacostraca
Cycleryon orbiculatus


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