Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Alternative combinations: Asaphus (Platypeltis) croftii, Symphysurus croftii
Full reference: C. Callaway. 1877. On a new area of Upper Cambrian rocks in south Shropshire, with a description of a new fauna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 33(1-4):652-672
Belongs to Platypeltoides according to Prantl and Pribyl 1949
See also Callaway 1877, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Stubblefield and Bulman 1927
Sister taxa: Platypeltoides (Troedssonia), Platypeltoides perseis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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