Eryon
| Eryon Temporal range:
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| Eryon cuvieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | †Eryonidae |
| Genus: | †Eryon A. G. Desmarest, 1817 [1] |
Eryon is an
Solnhofen limestone
. It reached a length of around 10 cm (3.9 in), and may have fed on particulate matter on the sea bed.
References
- ^ Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1817). "Crustacés fossiles". Nouveau dictionnaire d'Histoire naturelle appliquée aux arts, à l'Agriculture, à l'Économie rurale et domestique, à la Médecine, etc. COR-CUN. T. 8: 495–519.
- ISBN 978-0-7894-8984-5.
External links
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