Eogeryon

Eogeryon Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific 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

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. 50. 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. Bibcode:2016BoSGM..68..231O. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a5 . Retrieved 9 September 2024.