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Mysis relicta, a small shrimp-like Crustacean

Mysis relicta, a small shrimp-like Crustacean.jpg Calliphora erythrocephalaThumbnailsEryon propinquus, One of the Fossil Eryonidea, from the Jurassic Rocks of SolenhofenCalliphora erythrocephalaThumbnailsEryon propinquus, One of the Fossil Eryonidea, from the Jurassic Rocks of SolenhofenCalliphora erythrocephalaThumbnailsEryon propinquus, One of the Fossil Eryonidea, from the Jurassic Rocks of SolenhofenCalliphora erythrocephalaThumbnailsEryon propinquus, One of the Fossil Eryonidea, from the Jurassic Rocks of SolenhofenCalliphora erythrocephalaThumbnailsEryon propinquus, One of the Fossil Eryonidea, from the Jurassic Rocks of Solenhofen

Perhaps the best known form with a similar range is the Schizopod crustacean Mysis relicta, which is clearly a descendant of the Arctic marine Mysis oculata, of which it was formerly considered a mere variety.