†Platykotta Chablais et al. 2010 (decapod)
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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
Type: Platykotta akaina
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wadi Naqab (Triassic of United Arab Emirates)
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