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Proplina convexum
Taxonomy
Tryblidium convexum was named by Berkey (1898). Its type specimen is AMNH 22274, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1 kilometer south of Taylors Falls, half kilometer north of Folsom Island, which is in a Steptoean coastal sandstone in the Franconia Formation of Minnesota.
It was recombined as Proplina convexum by Yochelson and Webers (2006).
It was recombined as Proplina convexum by Yochelson and Webers (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1898 | Tryblidium convexum Berkey p. 280 figs. pl. 20 f. 24, 25; pl. 21 f. 18. |
| 2006 | Proplina convexum Yochelson and Webers pp. 38 - 39 fig. 5 |
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†Proplina convexum Berkey 1898
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. L. Yochelson and G. F. Webers 2006 | Distinctly curved, slightly arched, elongate specimens with a short slope below the apex; dorsum is elongate, smoothly and gently curved, seemingly following the arc of a large circle; lateral slopes are more strongly arched and seemingly slightly compressed; the short slope varies from little arched to distinctly curved; details of the exterior are unknown. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||