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Dentalium (Dentalium)
Taxonomy
Dentalium (Dentalium) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dentalium by Linnaeus (1758), Oostingh (1935), Marasti (1973), Pugaczewska (1984) and Perrilliat (1992).
It was assigned to Dentalium by Linnaeus (1758), Oostingh (1935), Marasti (1973), Pugaczewska (1984) and Perrilliat (1992).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Dentalium amaliense, Dentalium angulare, Dentalium arciforme, Dentalium bothrum, Dentalium buricum, Dentalium callipeplum, Dentalium chipolanum, Dentalium dijki, Dentalium diopon, Dentalium elongatum, Dentalium entale, Dentalium equisetum, Dentalium ewekoroense, Dentalium gabbi, Dentalium guineense, Dentalium inornatum, Dentalium intercalatum, Dentalium kickxi, Dentalium majus, Dentalium marwicki, Dentalium matanzasense, Dentalium mediaviense, Dentalium michelotti, Dentalium morganianum, Dentalium multistrictum, Dentalium nigeriense, Dentalium nunomae, Dentalium octogonum, Dentalium oerstedi, Dentalium opaculum, Dentalium palmerae, Dentalium palmerae, Dentalium paulini, Dentalium regulare, Dentalium regulare, Dentalium sexangulum, Dentalium sublineatum, Dentalium sulcosum, Dentalium thalloides, Dentalium thalloides, Dentalium thaloides, Dentalium uscarinanum, Dentalium varicostata, Dentalium vitreum, Dentalium weinkauffi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Dentalium (Dentalium) Linnaeus |
| 1935 | Dentalium (Dentalium) Oostingh p. 120 |
| 1973 | Dentalium (Dentalium) Marasti p. 113 |
| 1984 | Dentalium (Dentalium) Pugaczewska p. 54 |
| 1992 | Dentalium (Dentalium) Perrilliat p. 28 |
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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.
Subg. Dentalium (Dentalium) Linnaeus 1758
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Dentalium (Dentalium) aprinum Linnaeus 1767
†Dentalium (Dentalium) bocasensis Olsson 1922
†Dentalium (Dentalium) dollfusi Koenen 1882
Dentalium (Dentalium) elephantinum Linnaeus 1758
†Dentalium (Dentalium) jonkeri Martin 1895
†Dentalium (Dentalium) novemcinctum Sacco 1897
†Dentalium (Dentalium) tegalense Oostingh 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 113.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (83 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albian | USA (New Mexico) | Dentalium sp. (37561) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Australia (Northern Territory) | Dentalium sp. (13946) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Poland | Dentalium multicostatum, Dentalium sp. (27822) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Dentalium pulchrum (63553) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Antarctica | Dentalium pulchrum (72389) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Japan | Dentalium nunomae (68894) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Italy | Dentalium novemcinctum (180394) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Panama | Dentalium armillatum (42569 42572) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia | Dentalium semarangense (70095) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Netherlands | Dentalium dollfus, Dentalium sp. (186884) Dentalium sp., Dentalium dollfusi (186883) | |
| Middle Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Dentalium armillatum (96447) | |
| Middle Miocene | Mexico (Michoacan) | Dentalium sp. (76567) | |
| Badenian | Romania | Dentalium micheloti (86875) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Dentalium armillatum (145201 145210 145334 145335 145340 145342 145343 145356) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Dentalium armillatum (93145 93147 93159 93160 93161 93162 93163 93164 93172 93174 93175 93222) Dentalium bothrum (93055) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia (Borneo) | Dentalium javanum (42311) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Dentalium divulgatum (60399 60400 60401 60402 60403 60404 60405 60630 60631 60632 60633 60634 60635 60637) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dentalium howchini (63433 63441) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Dentalium equisetum (60771) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador | Dentalium equisetum (131332 131333 131334) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Dentalium divulgatum (60409 60644 60646 60647 60649 60650 60655 60659) Dentalium sp. (60412 60413 60414 60415 60416) | |
| Zanclean | Spain (Sevilla) | Dentalium sexangulum (123585) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Dentalium jonkeri (70087 70105 84519) Dentalium tegalense (84520 84521 84533) Dentalium tegalense, Dentalium aprinum (84523) | |
| Pliocene | Antarctica | Dentalium sulcosum (41583) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Dentalium glaucoterrarum, Dentalium sp. A, Dentalium sp. B (58522) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Dentalium carolinense (59488 59489 59490) |