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Eryon

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eryonidae

Taxonomy
Eryon was named by Desmarest (1822) [Sepkoski's age data: J m K Nc]. It is not extant. Its type is Eryon cuvieri. It is the type genus of Eryonoidea, Eryonidae.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eryonidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Eryon Desmarest
2002Eryon Sepkoski
2010Eryon Schweitzer et al. p. 43
2013Eryon Feldmann et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
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
genusEryonDesmarest 1822

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.

G. †Eryon Desmarest 1822
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Eryon arctiformis Schlotheim 1820
Eryon barrovensis M'Coy 1849
Eryon cuvieri Desmarest 1817
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Invalid names: Macrourites arctiformis von Schlotheim 1820 [synonym]
Eryon ellipticus Van Straelen 1923
Eryon neocomiensis Woodward 1881
Eryon perroni Étallon 1859
Eryon sublevis Carter 1886
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Hettangian to the top of the Hauterivian or 201.30000 to 129.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 196.5 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0France E. perroni (139752)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0United Kingdom E. propinquus (134734) E. propinquus, E. redenbacheri, E. gartmanni, E. edwardsii, E. escheri, E. barroviensis, E. arctiformis, E. neocomiensis (135540)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) E. barrovensis (139785)
Middle Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Switzerland E. sp. (61725)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France E. ellipticus (58221)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) E. sublevis (93210)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France E. perroni (226086)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) E. arctiformis (132944)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) E. arctiformis (105541)
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Switzerland (Fribourg) E. spp. (233996)