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†Plethopeltella Kobayshi 1944 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Parent taxon: Leiostegiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aedotes, Agerina, Annamitella, Arcifimbria, Brackebuschia, Chiawangella, Cholopilus, Chosenia, Chuangiella, Chuangioides, Chuangiopsis, Eochuangia, Geminiclavula, Iranaspis, Kepisis, Leiostegium, Linguchuangia, Lloydia, Meropalla, Pagodiidae, Pagodiinae, Prochuangia, Pseudocalymene, Reubenella, Schantungia, Tinaspis, Trephina, Wanshania

Subtaxa: Plethopeltella resseri

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Type: Plethopeltis resseri

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wan-wan-kou dolomite at Wan-wan-kou valley in the Niuhsintai basin (Ordovician of South Korea)

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