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Proplinidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Tryblidiida : Proplinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Tryblidiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tergomya) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Tryblidiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. B. Knight and E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Monoplacophora. In R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1 I(1):77-84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Irondalia genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Potosiplina genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Titanoplina genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Vallatotheca ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1960 | Proplinidae Knight and Yochelson |
| 1970 | Proplinidae Starobogatov p. 300 |
| 1992 | Proplinidae Wahlman |
| 2002 | Proplinidae Stinchcomb and Angeli p. 967 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
