Prodentalium Young 1942 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Prodentalium akasakensis Prodentalium belcheri Prodentalium canna Prodentalium neornatum Prodentalium onoi Prodentalium raymondi Prodentalium semicostatum Prodentalium sublaeve

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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

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