Erymidae

Erymidae
Temporal range: Triassic–Hauterivian
Eryma mandelslohi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Glypheidea
Superfamily: Erymoidea
Van Straelen, 1924
Family: Erymidae
Van Straelen, 1924

Erymidae is a family of decapod crustaceans known only from fossils. They survived for 100 million years, from the Permo-Triassic boundary to the Hauterivian.[1] Eleven genera are recognised:[2]

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