Cycleryon

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

Cycleryon
Temporal range: Jurassic [1]
Cycleryon propinquus from Germany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Eryonidae
Genus:
Cycleryon

Glaessner 1965
Synonyms
  • Eryon propinquus

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]

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Decapoda: Eryonoidea
  3. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Malacostraca
Cycleryon orbiculatus


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