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Prodentalium ✝
Description | Prodentalium is a genus of fossil scaphopod assigned to the Dentalids, but on somewhat dubious grounds. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodentalium, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Prodentaliidae : Prodentalium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Prodentalium Young, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | J. Paleont., 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 314 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 165 - 161 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Dentaliida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Scaphopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Dentaliida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scaphopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodentalium |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dentalium canna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dentalium sublaeve species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Prodentalium belcheri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Prodentalium canna ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 49 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 260 Ma Permian | |
Prodentalium raymondi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 306 Ma Carboniferous | |
Prodentalium sublaeve ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1942 | Prodentalium Young |
2002 | Prodentalium Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Prodentalium Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.1 |
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!