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

Species lacking formal opinion data

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