†Platypeltoides perseis Mergl 2006 (trilobite)
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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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