Superfamily Eryonoidea De Haan 1841 (decapod)
Parent taxon: Polychelida according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2013
See also Karasawa et al. 2013 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Eopolycheles
Subtaxa: Coleiidae Eryonidae Palaeopentachelidae Polychelidae Tetrachelidae Tricarinidae
Type: Eryon
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Paleogene of United States (1: Washington)
• Cretaceous of Iran (1), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (5), Germany (8), Italy (3), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (16)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Italy (10), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 56 collections including 95 occurrences