†Platypleon van Straelen 1936 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Platychelidae
Full reference: V. van Straelen. 1936. Sur des Crustacés décapodes triasiques du Nevada. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(29):1-7
Parent taxon: Platychelidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2015
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Platychela
Subtaxa: Platypleon nevadensis
Type: Platypleon nevadensis
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at SU 872, Pilot Mountains (Triassic of Nevada)
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