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Cycleryon wulfi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eryonidae

Taxonomy
Cycleryon wulfi was named by Garassino and Schweigert (2004). Its type specimen is JME SOS 4932, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cycleryon wulfi Garassino and Schweigert p. 244 figs. 1-6
2010Cycleryon wulfi Schweitzer et al. p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderPolychelidaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyEryonoideaDe Haan 1841
familyEryonidaeDe Haan 1841
genusCycleryonGlaessner 1965
specieswulfi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cycleryon wulfi Garassino and Schweigert 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalinfrao
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:53:41
Modified: 2022-11-16 15:53:41
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Cycleryon wulfi (type locality: 152883)