Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Parent taxon: Dentaliidae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antalis, Coccodentalium, Compressidentalium, Dentalium, Eodentalium, Eudentalium, Fissidentalium, Graptacme, Lentigodentalium, Minodentalium, Paleodentalium, Pictodentalium, Plagioglypta, Schizodentalium, Striodentalium, Tesseracme
Subtaxa: Paradentalium americanum Paradentalium disparile Paradentalium hexagonum
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Taiwan (7 collections), United States (3: Louisiana, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Panama (7)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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