Cycleryon wulfi Garassino and Schweigert 2004 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eryonidae

Full reference: A. Garassino and G. Schweigert. 2004. Cycleryon wulfi n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Eryonidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Eichstätt (Bavaria, S Germany). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145(2):243-250

Belongs to Cycleryon according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Garassino and Schweigert 2004

Sister taxa: Cycleryon bourseaui, Cycleryon elongatus, Cycleryon orbiculatus, Cycleryon propinquus, Cycleryon romani

Type specimen: JME SOS 4932, a carapace. Its type locality is Blumenberg quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Blumenberg quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME collection)

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