Eryon barrovensis M'Coy 1849 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eryonidae

Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1849. On the classification of some British fossil Crustacea with notices of new forms in the university collection at Cambridge. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 4:161-179

Belongs to Eryon according to H. Woodward 1866

See also M'Coy 1849, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Woods 1925

Sister taxa: Eryon arctiformis, Eryon cuvieri, Eryon ellipticus, Eryon neocomiensis, Eryon perroni, Eryon sublevis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar (University of Cambridge collection), which is in a Hettangian carbonate limestone in the United Kingdom

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Barrow-on-Soar (University of Cambridge collection)

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