†Platycoryphe vulcani Murchison 1839 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Alternative combination: Asaphus vulcani
Belongs to Platycoryphe according to C. P. Hughes 1969
Sister taxa: Platycoryphe bohemica, Platycoryphe christyi, Platycoryphe dangeardi, Platycoryphe dyaulax, Platycoryphe heberti, Platycoryphe platycephala, Platycoryphe vieillardi
Type specimen: GSM 87137 (lectotype), an exoskeleton
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at GR SO 088575 (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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