Eryon

Eryon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Eryon cuvieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Eryonidae
Genus: Eryon

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

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