Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Tryblidiidae
Alternative combinations: Metoptoma cornutaformis, Triblidium cornutaforme
Synonyms: Proplina aduncum Berkey 1898, Tryblidium aduncum Berkey 1898
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1879. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Calciferous Formation. Annual Report of the New York Museum of Natural History 32:129-131
Belongs to Proplina according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Berkey 1898 and Yochelson and Webers 2006
Sister taxa: Proplina acutum, Proplina ampla, Proplina arcua, Proplina convexum, Proplina corpulentum, Proplina elongata, Proplina extensum, Proplina grandis, Proplina inflatus, Proplina irvingi, Proplina loganensis, Proplina meramecensis, Proplina rutfordi, Proplina sibelius, Proplina suttoni
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Missouri collections)
• Cambrian of United States (2: Minnesota, New York)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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