Platyantyx Whittington 1953 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ascetopeltis, Bojocoryphe, Centriproetus, Constantina, Dalarnepeltis, Dipharangus, Erbenicoryphe, Eremiproetinae, Galbertianus, Lodenicia, Miriproetus, Perakaspis, Pribylia, Pteropariinae, Rabuloproetus, Ranunculoproetus, Richteraspis, Rokycanocoryphe, Stenoblepharum, Tropicoryphe, Tropidocoryphinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platyantyx in the database

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