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Platypeltoides croftii

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus (Platypeltis) croftii was named by Callaway (1877). It is the type species of Platypeltoides, Asaphus (Platypeltis).

It was recombined as Symphysurus croftii by Stubblefield and Bulman (1927); it was recombined as Platypeltoides croftii by Prantl and Pribyl (1949) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Asaphus (Platypeltis) croftii Callaway p. 665 figs. XXIV. fig. 2
1927Symphysurus croftii Stubblefield and Bulman p. 99,100
1949Platypeltoides croftii Prantl and Pribyl
2002Platypeltoides croftii Jell and Adrain

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

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.

Platypeltoides croftii Callaway 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available