Eryonidae
| Eryonidae Temporal range: Upper Triassic–Lower Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
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| Eryon acrtiformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Polychelida |
| Family: | Eryonidae De Haan, 1841 |
| Genera | |
Eryonidae is a family of fossil decapod crustaceans which lived from the Upper Triassic to the Lower Cretaceous.[1] It contains four genera:[2] An aggregation of three unidentified eryonids was reported in 2012 inside a Late Jurassic ammonoid of the species Harpoceras falciferum; they represent the earliest evidence of gregarious behaviour in decapods.[3]
- Cycleryon Glaessner, 1965
- Eryon A. G. Desmarest, 1817
- Knebelia Van Straelen, 1922
- Rosenfeldia Garassino, Teruzzi & Dalla Vecchia, 1996
References
- ↑ Hiroaki Karasawa, Fumio Takahashi, Eiji Doi & Hideo Ishida (2003). "First record of Coleia Broderip (Crustacea, Decapoda, Coleiidae) from the Upper Triassic of Japan". Contributions to Zoology 72 (2/3).
- ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ↑ Adiël A. Klompmaker & René H. B. Fraaije (2012). "Animal behavior frozen in time: gregarious behavior of Early Jurassic lobsters within an ammonoid body chamber". PLoS ONE 7 (3): e31893. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031893.
External links
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