Biology:Cycleryon

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Short description: Extinct genus of crustaceans

Cycleryon
Temporal range: Jurassic
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Cycleryon propinquus (fossil crustacean) Solnhofen Limestone.jpg
Cycleryon propinquus from Germany , Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Eryonidae
Genus: Cycleryon
Glaessner, 1965

Cycleryon is an extinct genus of decapod crustaceans. The type species is Cycleryon propinquus.[2]

These epifaunal carnivores lived during the Jurassic of Germany and France , from 164.7 to 161.2 Ma.[1][3]

Species

  • Cycleryon elongatus Munster, 1839
  • Cycleryon orbiculatus Munster, 1839
  • Cycleryon propinquus Schlotheim, 1822
  • Cycleryon wulfi Garassino and Schweigert, 2004

[1]

Cycleryon orbiculatus

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18387933 entry