Eryma is a genus of fossil lobster-like crustaceans, containing 44 species.[1] Two were preserved in the Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. 42 rest of them were found worldwide oldest to youngest between the Jurassic.
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| Eryma mandelslohi specimen on display at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | †Erymidae |
| Genus: | †Eryma von Meyer, 1840 |
References
edit- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.1-109&rft.date=2009&rft.au=Sammy De Grave&rft.au=N. Dean Pentcheff&rft.au=Shane T. Ahyong&rft_id=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Eryma" class="Z3988">
External links
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