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Fissidentalium granadanum

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium granadanum was named by Anderson (1929). Its type specimen is CAS 4638, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon L), Tuberá Mtn [Los Perdices Shale], which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Los Perdices Shale Formation of Colombia.

It was recombined as Fissidentalium granadanum by Woodring (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Dentalium buricum, F. gracilocostatum, F. yokoyamai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Dentalium granadanum Anderson p. 144 figs. pl. 13, fig. 3
1973Fissidentalium granadanum Woodring p. 484

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusFissidentaliumFischer 1885
speciesgranadanum()

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.

†Fissidentalium granadanum Anderson 1929
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Diagnosis
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