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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | †Eogeryonidae |
| Genus: | †Eogeryon Ossó, 2021 |
| Species: | †E. elegius
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| †Eogeryon elegius Ossó, 2021
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References
edit- ^ "Eogeryon". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Eogeryon elegius". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ 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. doi:10.50897/bmfm.50.1_89. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ 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. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a5. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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