Proplina obtusa Cope and Ebbestad 2024 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Proplinidae

Full reference: J. C. W. Cope and J. O. R. Ebbestad. 2024. Tergomyan molluscs from the Early Ordovician of the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales, UK. PalZ 98(1):17-28

Belongs to Proplina according to J. C. W. Cope and J. O. R. Ebbestad 2024

Sister taxa: Proplina acutum, Proplina ampla, Proplina arcua, Proplina areniga, Proplina convexum, Proplina cornutaformis, Proplina corpulentum, Proplina elongata, Proplina extensum, Proplina grandis, Proplina inflatus, Proplina irvingi, Proplina loganensis, Proplina meramecensis, Proplina rutfordi, Proplina sibelius, Proplina suttoni

Type specimen: NMW 2017.15G.6. Its type locality is Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm Quarry, Llangynog, (upper) Bolahaul Member, which is in a Moridunian coastal mudstone in the Ogof Hen Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm Quarry, Llangynog, (upper) Bolahaul Member

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