†family Eryonidae De Haan 1841 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eryonidae
Parent taxon: Eryonoidea according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2013
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2023
Sister taxa: Coleiidae, Palaeopentachelidae, Polychelidae, Tetrachelidae, Tricarinidae
Subtaxa: Cycleryon Eryon Knebelia Rogeryon Rosenfeldia Soleryon Stonesfielderyon Tethyseryon Voulteryon Wrangelleryon
Type: Eryon
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), France (5), Germany (5), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of Italy (2)
Total: 20 collections including 43 occurrences