Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Proplinidae
Alternative spelling: Propilina
Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1933. Faunal study of the Wanwanian (basal Ordovician) series with special notes on the Ribeiridae and the Ellesmereoceroids. Journal of the Faculty of Science Imperial University of Tokyo Section II Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology 3(7):249-328
Parent taxon: Proplinidae according to J. C. W. Cope and J. O. R. Ebbestad 2024
See also Knight and Yochelson 1960, Kobayashi 1933, Runnegar and Jell 1976, Sepkoski 2002, Starobogatov 1970, Stinchcomb 1986 and Stinchcomb and Angeli 2002
Sister taxa: Irondalia, Potosiplina, Titanoplina, Vallatotheca
Subtaxa: 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 obtusa Proplina rutfordi Proplina sibelius Proplina suttoni
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Ordovician of Greenland (1), South Korea (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Missouri, Nevada, Texas, Vermont)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (3), Australia (2), United States (12: Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, Wisconsin)
Total: 34 collections including 41 occurrences
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