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Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
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Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Dentalium : Dentalium (Laevidentalium) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (14%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | R. Tate. 1899. A revision of the older Tertiary Mollusca of Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23:249-277 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dentalium (Laevidentalium) calafium ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) lacteolum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) largicrescens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pictile ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) pseudorakhiense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) rakhiense ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1888 | Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Cossmann p. 7 |
1935 | Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Oostingh p. 123 |
1947 | Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Gardner p. 627 |
1984 | Dentalium (Laevidentalium) Squires p. 16 |
1999 | Laevidentalium Wienrich p. 264 |
2001 | Laevidentalium Wells and Houston p. 112 |
2002 | Laevidentalium Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Laevidentalium Reynolds and Steiner |
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!