Platystrophia
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Platystrophia Temporal range: Middle Ordovician - Middle Silurian 472–423 Ma |
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| Platystrophia ponderosa (Ordovician). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Orthida |
| Family: | Plectorthidae |
| Genus: | Platystrophia |
Platystrophia is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Ordovician to the Silurian in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. It has a prominent sulcus and fold. It usually lived in marine lime mud and sands.
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