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Eryma georgei

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Erymidae

Taxonomy
Eryma georgii was named by Carter (1886). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St Ives brick pit (Thomas George collection), which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was corrected as Eryma georgei by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Eryma georgii Carter p. 549 figs. Pl 16, fig 4
2010Eryma georgei Schweitzer et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyErymoideaVan Straelen 1924
familyErymidaeVan Straelen 1924
subfamilyEryminaevan Straelen 1924
genusErymaVon Meyer 1840
speciesgeorgei()

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.

Eryma georgei Carter 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:11:34
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:11:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Eryma georgii (191842)