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Dentalium cooperi

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Dentalium cooperi Gabb p. 139 figs. PI. 21, Fig. 100
1905Dentalium cooperi Weaver p. 109
1917Dentalium cooperi Waring p. 81
1927Dentalium cooperi Clark and Woodford p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusDentalium
speciescooperi()

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.

Dentalium cooperi Gabb 1864
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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 Campanian to the top of the Lutetian or 83.50000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (167697 167700)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) Dentalium cooperii (193035)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (11117 90071 190777 190778 190781 190784 190785 190786 190790 190792 190797 190798 190800)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) Dentalium cooperii (43762)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (184016)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (52612 205393 238827 238831 238834)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (52419 52423 52426 52428 52434)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Dentalium cooperii (207113)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Dentalium cooperii (166458)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Dentalium cooperi (43758)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (37928)