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Platythyrea dentata

Taxonomy

Platythyrea dentata was named by Lattke (2003). Its type specimen is AMNH DR-14-461, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Sister species

P. dlusskyi, P. primaeva, P. procera, P. pumilio, P. scalprum

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Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2003	Platythyrea dentata Lattke p. 108 fig. 2,5
2012	Platythyrea dentata Bolton

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