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Tentaculitidae β
Source Data |
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tentaculitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Lophotrochozoa : Tentaculitida : Tentaculitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Tentaculitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 331 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | Unattached, semi-infaunal (McKerrow, 1979). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tentaculitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | N. M. Farsan. 1994. Tentaculiten: Ontogenese, Systematik, Phylogenese, Biostratonomie und Morphologie 547:1-128 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Chelmastanites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Prolationus β genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Seretites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 439 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Sokolites β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tentaculites β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 559 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 347 Ma Carboniferous | |
Tractabilis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tractabilopsis β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Tripartites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Ukrainites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Uniformites β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Zendadjanites β genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1886 | Tentaculitidae Walcott |
1994 | Tentaculitidae Farsan p. 53 |
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!