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Tentaculita ✝
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tentaculita | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 137 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 242 - 235 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | ECOSPACE CODE: 451. LIFE HISTORY: Interpretation of feeding mode and life habit from Cornell et al. (2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Tentaculita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Chonioconarida ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | 204 | 433 Ma Silurian | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Dacryoconarida ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | 721 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Cornulitida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 272 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Microconchida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 191 | 290 Ma Permian | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Anticalyptraea ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 427 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1964 | Tentaculita Boucek |
| 1994 | Tentaculita Farsan p. 53 figs. Table 9 |
References
| Farsan N. M. (1994) , Tentaculiten: Ontogenese, Systematik, Phylogenese, Biostratonomie und Morphologie 547, 1-128 |
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!
