Species: nyasae HAUGHTON, 1928
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality: Sauropod-bearing beds of Mwakasyunguti, northwest of Lake Malawi, Nyasaland, Siwe Valley, Karonga District, Malawi.

Horizon: Lupata group, upper member,

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Cretaceous.

Material: Fragmentary shell.

Referred material:

= Platycheloides cf. nyasae BROIN, 1980

Locality: Gadoufaoua, Niger, Central Africa.

Horizon: Upper part of lower member, Tegama Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Gad 5.

Age: Aptian Stage, middle Gallic subepoch, lower Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material:

GDF 801, 800: Carapaces.