Cycleryon is an extinct genus of decapod crustaceans. The type species is Cycleryon propinquus.[2]
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| Cycleryon propinquus from Germany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | †Eryonidae |
| Genus: | †Cycleryon Glaessner, 1965 |
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| †Macrourites propinquus von Schlotheim, 1822
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These epifaunal carnivores lived during the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) of Germany and France.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Audo, D.; Charbonnier, S.; Schweigert, G.; Saint Martin, J.-P. (2014). "New eryonid crustaceans from the Late Jurassic Lagerstätten of Cerin (France), Canjuers (France), Wattendorf (Germany) and Zandt (Germany)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (4): 459–479. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.777809. S2CID 128805162.
- ^ Decapoda: Eryonoidea
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