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Tentaculitida
Taxonomy
Tentaculitida was named by Ljaschenko (1955).
It was reranked as the class Tentaculitida by Vinn et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Trompetoconarida by Farsan (1994); to Tentaculitoidea by Niko (2000); to Mollusca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lophophorata by Wilson et al. (2011) and Vinn et al. (2024).
It was reranked as the class Tentaculitida by Vinn et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Trompetoconarida by Farsan (1994); to Tentaculitoidea by Niko (2000); to Mollusca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lophophorata by Wilson et al. (2011) and Vinn et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Tentaculitida Ljaschenko |
| 1994 | Tentaculitida Farsan p. 53 |
| 2000 | Tentaculitida Niko p. 381 |
| 2002 | Tentaculitida Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Tentaculitida Wilson et al. |
| 2024 | Tentaculitida Vinn et al. p. 41 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Or. †Tentaculitida Ljaschenko 1955
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Fm. †Contractenidae Ljaschenko 1973
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G. †Contractenus Ljaschenko 1959
G. †Semicyclus Churkin and Carter 1970
Or. †Cornulitida Boucek 1964
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Fm. †Cornulitidae Fischer 1962
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G. †Conchicolites Nicholson 1872
G. †Cornulitella Howell 1952
G. †Cornulites Schlotheim 1820
G. †Kolihaia Prantl 1944
Fm. †Costatulitidae Berger 1982
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G. †Hemicricus
Fm. †Laminitidae Ljaschenko 1985
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G. †Angulatus Ljaschenko 1985
G. †Donites Ljaschenko 1985
G. †Laminites Ljaschenko 1985
G. †Ljaschenkovites
G. †Longulatus
G. †Samarites
Fm. †Tentaculitidae Walcott 1886
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G. †Chelmastanites Farsan 1981
G. †Prolationus Ljaschenko 1969
G. †Seretites Ljaschenko 1969
G. †Sokolites Ljaschenko 1969
G. †Tentaculites von Schlotheim 1820
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†Tentaculites bellulus Hall 1876
†Tentaculites exaltatus Talent 1963
†Tentaculites grandis Roemer 1870
G. †Tractabilis Ljaschenko 1969
G. †Tractabilopsis Larsson 1979
G. †Tripartites Farsan 1981
G. †Ukrainites Ljaschenko 1969
G. †Uniformites Ljaschenko 1969
G. †Zendadjanites Farsan and Blind 1989
G. †Vjalovites
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Serpukhovian or 511.20000 to 323.20000 Ma
Collections (928 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Delamaran | Jordan | Cornulitida indet. (139936) | |
| Tremadocian | USA (Virginia) | Tentaculites lowdoni, Tentaculites scalaris (78881) | |
| Canadian | USA (Virginia) | Tentaculites sp. (80573) | |
| Lancefieldian | Australia (Tasmania) | Tentaculites sp. (2671) | |
| Letna - Harnagian | Czech Republic | Conchicolites confertus (3861) | |
| Soudleyan | United Kingdom (Wales) | Tentaculites sp. (3301) | |
| Soudleyan - Marshbrookian | United Kingdom (England) | Tentaculites sp. (3648 3649 3651 3652 3653 3654) | |
| Caradoc | USA (Tennessee) | Cornulites sp. (1704 1896) | |
| Late/Upper Ordovician | USA (Ohio) | Cornulites sp. (397) | |
| Late/Upper Ordovician | USA (Indiana) | Tentaculites sp. (398) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Montana) | Cornulites carbonarius (643) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Indiana) | Tentaculites gracilistriatus (6935) | |
| Tournaisian | China (Guizhou) | Cornulites sp. (58462) | |
| Chadian | USA (Indiana) | Cornulitella sp. (2184 2187 2191 2202 2207 2208) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Indiana) | Cornulitella sp. (557) | |
| Visean | Australia (New South Wales) | Tentaculites sp. (58025 58034 62638) | |
| Meramecian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Tripartites sp. (62436) | |
| Brigantian | USA (Alabama) | Cornulites sp. (6765 6769 6777 6780 6782 6790 6791 6792 6793 6794 6797 6798 6799 6801 6803 6804 6807 6808 6809 6810 6812 6823 6831 6835 6837 6841 6844 6845 6846 6847) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Oklahoma) | Cornulites inelegans (5611) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Montana) | Cornulites sp. (5632) | |