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Tentaculitidae

Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Tentaculitidae Walcott
1994Tentaculitidae Farsan p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
orderTentaculitidaLjaschenko 1955
familyTentaculitidaeWalcott 1886
familyTentaculitidaeWalcott 1886

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.

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Comments: Unattached, semi-infaunal (McKerrow, 1979).f
Created: 2009-04-13 10:10:00
Modified: 2009-04-13 12:10:00
Source: f = family, o = order, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Meramecian or 484.30000 to 335.50000 Ma

Collections (564 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Virginia) Tentaculites lowdoni, Tentaculites scalaris (78881)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3USA (Virginia) Tentaculites sp. (80573)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) Tentaculites sp. (2671)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Tentaculites sp. (3301)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0United Kingdom (England) Tentaculites sp. (3648 3649 3651 3652 3653 3654)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Indiana) Tentaculites sp. (398)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Virginia) Tentaculites sp. (85589)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Tentaculites obliquus (5350)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Walers) Tentaculites sp. (3304)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) Tentaculites sp. (192388)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Nevada) Tentaculites sp. (7117)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Herat) Tentaculitidae indet. (70146 70155)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Alberta) Tentaculites sp. (3409 3410 3411 3412 3413 3414 3415 3416 3417)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Tentaculites sp. (65698) Tentaculitidae indet. (10209 10229 10234 10238 10294 10320 10329 10336 10381 10440)
Frasnian - Famennian382.7 - 358.9USA (Virginia) Tentaculites sp. (636)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5France (Alsace) Tentaculites sp. (65764)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Tentaculites sp. (75585)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Tentaculites gracilistriatus (6935)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Tentaculites sp. (58025 58034 62638)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Tripartites sp. (62436)