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Eryon

Eryon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Eryon cuvieri Solnhofen.jpg
Eryon cuvieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Eryonidae
Genus: Eryon
A. G. Desmarest, 1817 

Eryon (animal), is an extinct genus of decapod crustaceans from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Its remains are known from the Solnhofen limestone. It reached a length of around 10 cm (3.9 in), and may have fed on particulate matter on the sea bed.


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