Platykotta Chablais et al. 2010 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Platykottidae

Full reference: J. Chablais, R. M. Feldmann, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2010. A new Triassic decapod, Platykotta akaina, from the Arabian shelf of the northern United Arab Emirates: earliest occurrence of the Anomura. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 85:93-102

Parent taxon: Platykottidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Chablais et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Platykotta akaina

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Type: Platykotta akaina

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wadi Naqab (Triassic of United Arab Emirates)

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