Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Alternative spelling: Dentalium (Paleodentalium)

Parent taxon: Dentaliidae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008

See also Gentile 1974

Sister taxa: Antalis, Coccodentalium, Compressidentalium, Dentalium, Eodentalium, Eudentalium, Fissidentalium, Graptacme, Lentigodentalium, Minodentalium, Paradentalium, Pictodentalium, Plagioglypta, Schizodentalium, Striodentalium, Tesseracme

Subtaxa: Paleodentalium kansasense

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Scaphopod and associated specimines from the Wyandotte LS of Eastern Kansas (Carboniferous of Kansas)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.