Eryma
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Eryma is a genus of fossil lobster-like crustaceans, containing 44 species.[1] The oldest known species was discovered in non-marine deposits from the late Triassic Chinle Formation located in the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.[2] Two other species were discovered in the Solnhofen Limestone in Germany.
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| Eryma mandelslohi specimen on display at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | †Erymidae |
| Genus: | †Eryma von Meyer, 1840 |
