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Prodentalium

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae

Taxonomy
Prodentalium was named by Young (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-l J Call-m Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was assigned to Scaphopoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prodentaliidae by Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Prodentalium Young
2002Prodentalium Sepkoski
2008Prodentalium Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyProdentaliidaeStarobogatov 1974
genusProdentaliumYoung 1942

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.

G. †Prodentalium Young 1942
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†Prodentalium akasakensis Hayasaka 1925
†Prodentalium belcheri Nassichuk and Hodgkinson 1976
†Prodentalium canna White 1874
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Invalid names: Plagioglypta monolineata Branson 1930 [synonym], Prodentalium mexicanum Girty 1909 [synonym]
†Prodentalium neornatum Hayasaka 1925
†Prodentalium onoi Asato and Kase 2021
†Prodentalium raymondi Young 1942
†Prodentalium sublaeve Hall 1877
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter118.242.0032.58.008.88

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:33:07
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:33:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 312.80000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) P. raymondi, Dentalium sublaeve (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (111 112)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Dentalium raymondi (11098 11100) P. raymondi (11086)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) P. raymondi (11087)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. sublaeve (160175 160176 160177 160178)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (146828) P. sublaevis (156695 156715)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Dentalium semicostatum (217897 217901 217932 217979 218000)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) P. sp. (50219)
Asselian - Kungurian298.9 - 274.4Canada (Alberta) Dentalium canna (62371)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (10471 10650 10653 11962 39157)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Utah) P. sp. (10651)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Wyoming) Plagioglypta canna (87155 236326 236332)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Arizona) Plagioglypta canna (52898 95353 120746 120747)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) Plagioglypta canna (233342)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Nevada) Plagioglypta canna (38743 38744 38745 38749 38751 38753 38756 38759 38762 38763 38764 38766 38768 38769 38774 38775 38827 38828 66101) P. canna (10447 10450 10472 120947) P. sp. (10399 10428 10431 10443 10444 10445 10448 10451 10452 10640 10647 10649)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Plagioglypta canna (90740 90745 90746 90747 90749)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Plagioglypta canna (108822)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) Plagioglypta canna (39999 40000 40001)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Nunavut) Plagioglypta sp. (11089)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) Plagioglypta canna (128880)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Idaho) Plagioglypta canna (88260)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51USA (Wyoming) Plagioglypta canna (236327 236333 236340)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Southland) P. sp. (41767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Montana) Plagioglypta canna (11276)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Sonora) Plagioglypta canna (40816 40828 40831 40832)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Japan P. akasakensis (220707) P. akasakensis, P. onoi, P. neornatum (220705)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Dentalium akasakensis, Dentalium neornatum, Plagioglypta herculeum (109637)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) P. sp. (98071)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Wyoming) Plagioglypta canna (11228 236328 236334 236341)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Utah) Plagioglypta canna (11234)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Montana) Plagioglypta canna (11279)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902USA (Wyoming) Plagioglypta canna (11223 236329 236336 236339) Plagioglypta monolineata (87153 236337)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902USA (Montana) Plagioglypta canna (11275)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902New Zealand P. sp. (98149)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) P. qingyanicum (31618 31620 31621)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany P. bandeli (23814 23839 23840 23841 23842 23843 23844 23845 23846 23847 23848)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) P. bandeli (23849 23850 23851 23852 23853 23854 23855 23856 23857 23858 23859 23860)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5New Zealand P. sp. (56241 56273)