Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Synonym: Platypeltis Callaway 1877 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Nileidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aocaspis, Barrandia, Berkutaspis, Borthaspidella, Bumastides, Elongatanileus, Homalopteon, Illaenopsis, Kodymaspis, Lakaspis, Neopsilocephalina, Nileidae stenorhachis, Nileus, Parabarrandia, Paraperaspis, Peraspis, Petrbokia, Poronileus, Psilocephalinella, Shenjiawania, Symphysurina, Symphysurus, Varvia
Subtaxa: Platypeltoides (Troedssonia) Platypeltoides croftii Platypeltoides perseis
Type: Asaphus (Platypeltis) croftii
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of France (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Tremadoc of the Czech Republic (2), Morocco (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cambrian of China (10), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 30 collections including 38 occurrences
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