Platypeltoides perseis Mergl 2006 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Full reference: M. Mergl. 2006. Tremadocian Trilobites of the Prague Basin, Czech Republic. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B - Historia Naturalis 62(1-2):1-70

Belongs to Platypeltoides according to M. Mergl 2006

Sister taxa: Platypeltoides (Troedssonia), Platypeltoides croftii

Type specimen: MM 130, a pygidium

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Olešná (Ordovician of Czechia)

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