Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Parent taxon: Dentaliida according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008
Sister taxa: Anulidentaliidae, Baltodentaliidae, Calliodentaliidae, Dentaliidae, Fustiariidae, Gadilinidae, Laevidentaliidae, Omniglyptidae, Progadilina, Rhabdidae, Suevidontus
Subtaxa: Prodentalium
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (23 collections), New Zealand (2)
• Triassic of China (3)
• Permian of Canada (2: Alberta, Nunavut), China (1), Japan (4), Mexico (4), New Zealand (2), United States (77: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of United States (20: Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 138 collections including 142 occurrences