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Eryon perroni

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eryonidae

Taxonomy
Eryon perroni was named by Étallon (1859). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Calmoutiers, chailles siliceuses, which is in an Oxfordian offshore ramp limestone in the Terrain à Chailles Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. barroviensis, E. edwardsii, E. escheri, E. gartmanni, E. propinquus, E. redenbacheri
Entered
by C. Schweitzer on 2012-02-04; modified by M. Clapham on 2022-06-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Eryon perroni Étallon p. 181 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-3
2010Eryon perroni Schweitzer et al. p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
genusEryonDesmarest 1822
speciesperroni

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.

†Eryon perroni Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:53:41
Modified: 2025-10-02 18:59:00
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1France Eryon perroni (139752)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Eryon perroni (type locality: 226086)