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Eogeryon

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Eogeryon
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Eogeryonidae
Genus: Eogeryon
Ossó, 2021
Species:
E. elegius
Binomial name
Eogeryon elegius
Ossó, 2021
Synonyms[1][2]

Genus synonymy

  • Eogeryon Ossó, 2016

Species synonymy

  • Eogeryon elegius Ossó, 2016

Eogeryon is an extinct genus of portunoid crab that lived in what is now Spain during the Cenomanian stage.[3] It is known from a single species, Eogeryon elegius.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Eogeryon". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Eogeryon elegius". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ^ Ossó, Àlex (2023-11-17). "New data on Eogeryon elegius Ossó, 2021 (Decapoda: Eubrachyura: Portunoidea), one of the oldest modern-looking crabs, from the mid-Cretaceous of Iberia". Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. doi:10.50897/bmfm.50.1_89. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  4. ^ Ossó, Àlex (2016). "Eogeryon elegius n. gen. and n. sp. (Decapoda: Eubrachyura: Portunoidea), one of the oldest modern crabs from late Cenomanian of the Iberian Peninsula" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (2): 231–246. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a5. Retrieved 9 September 2024.