Platykotta

Platykotta
Temporal range:
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
Binomial name
Platykotta akaina
Chablais et al., 2011

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.