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Fissidentalium uscarianum

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) uscarianum was named by Olsson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Fissidentalium uscarianum by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Dentalium (Fissidentalium) uscarianum Olsson p. 166 figs. pl. 15, ig. 1
2008Fissidentalium uscarianum Hendy et al.

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

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Pliocene or 28.40000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Dentalium uscarianum (42569 42571 42572 42573 42574 42575 42576)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Dentalium uscarianum (42631 93039 93040 145561)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Dentalium uscarianum (58667 58674 58683)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Dentalium uscarianum (96507)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica Dentalium uscarianum (134679 134681 134682 134683)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Dentalium uscarianum (134666)