Platycoryphe vulcani Murchison 1839 (trilobite)

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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