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Platypeltoides

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Platypeltoides was named by Pribyl (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Trem-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Asaphus (Platypeltis) croftii.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nileidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
P. (Troedssonia), P. croftii, P. perseis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. andersoni, P. anderssoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Platypeltoides Pribyl
2002Platypeltoides Jell and Adrain p. 427
2002Platypeltoides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusPlatypeltoidesPribyl 1949

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Platypeltoides Pribyl 1949
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Subg. †Platypeltoides (Troedssonia) Poletaeva 1960
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†Platypeltoides croftii Callaway 1877
†Platypeltoides perseis Mergl 2006
Invalid names: Platypeltis Callaway 1877 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Cressagian to the top of the Tremadocian or 486.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) P. andersoni, P. wimani (203914 203915 203916)
Batyrbaian - Tremadocian491.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) P. anderssoni, P. wimani (205624)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Jilin Provence) P. hunjiangensis (156922) P. hunjiangensis, P. laevigata (156921) P. laevigata, P. hunjiangensis (156924)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) P. wimani (126682 126683) Troedssonia elongata, Troedssonia wimani (126731) Troedssonia longiforma, Troedssonia wimani (126730) Troedssonia subquadrata (126728) Troedssonia wimani (107332 107335)
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (3663) Symphysurus croftii (3711)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (9271 9285)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway P. sp. (3106)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (280)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Morocco P. croftii (20998)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic P. perseis (223845) P. sp. (192830)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) P. sp. (203936)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) P. incipiens (167678)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (England) P. croftii (3710)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Czech Republic P. sp. (229958)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (205623)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (9286)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20831)