Platykotta
| Platykotta Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | †Platykottidae Chablais et al., 2011 |
| Genus: | †Platykotta Chablais et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †P. akaina
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| Binomial name | |
| †Platykotta akaina Chablais et al., 2011
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Platykotta akaina is a species of decapod crustacean from the Triassic of the United Arab Emirates. It is the oldest known fossil from the infraorder Anomura, and is most closely related to Eocarcinus praecursor.