Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Alternative combination: Dentalium granadanum
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213
Belongs to Fissidentalium according to W. P. Woodring 1973
See also Anderson 1929
Sister taxa: Dentalium (Fissidentalium) mawsoni, Fissidentalium badense, Fissidentalium inaequale, Fissidentalium longistriatum, Fissidentalium mantelli, Fissidentalium rei, Fissidentalium solidissimum, Fissidentalium uscarianum
Type specimen: CAS 4638, a partial shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon L), Tuberá Mtn [Los Perdices Shale], which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Los Perdices Shale Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection)
• Miocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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