Platybole Basse and Lemke 2011 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Invalid subtaxa: Bonnaspidella Yuan 1988 [replaced name], Cyrtosymbole (Bonnaspidella) Yuan 1988 [replaced name]

Full reference: M. Basse and U. Lemke. 2011. Cyrtosymbolina nieensis n. gen. et n. sp., Tireisiasibole n. gen. und Platybole n. gen. (Trilobita: Cyrtosymbolinae) aus dem deutschen Famennium (Ober-Devon). Dortmunder Beiträge zur Landeskunde, naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 43:51-93

Parent taxon: Cyrtosymbolinae according to M. Basse and U. Lemke 2011

See also Jell and Adrain 2002

Sister taxa: Balvibole, Calybole, Chaunoproetus, Chlupacula, Cyrtosymbole, Cyrtosymbolina, Dushania, Elliptophillipsia, Franconicabole, Haasproetus, Helioproetus, Langgonbole, Osmolskabole, Parachaunoproetus, Parangustibole, Semiproetus, Sinosymbole, Skemmatocare, Skemmatopyge, Typhloproetus, Vittaella, Waribole, Weyeraspis, Yishanaspis

Subtaxa: Cyrtosymbole (Bonnaspidella) avita Platybole bergica Platybole nepia

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Type: Cyrtosymbole bergica

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (3 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences

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