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Dentalium cooperi

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Dentalium cooperii was named by Gabb (1864).

It was corrected as Dentalium cooperi by Gabb (1864), Weaver (1905), Waring (1917), Clark and Woodford (1927).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. africanum, D. alternatum, D. anceps, D. angulare, D. annulatum, D. antillarium, D. apenninicum, D. aratorum, D. asperum, D. bartonense, D. bicarinatum, D. blandum, D. boggsi, D. boreale, D. byorituensis, D. callipeplum, D. callithrix, D. caloosaense, D. carolinense, D. carolinensis, D. cazadoriana, D. centenniale, D. ceratum, D. circinatum, D. cossmanianum, D. costatum, D. densitextum, D. dentalis, D. difforme, D. dijki, D. dissimile, D. djiki, D. eboreum, D. elongatum, D. enfaulensis, D. enneagonum, D. entale, D. entalis, D. erectum, D. etalense, D. eugenii, D. fissura, D. floratum, D. fossile, D. fossile, D. gabbi, D. glaucoterrarum, D. gracile, D. grascilis, D. groenlandicum, D. haytense, D. heptagonum, D. iheringi, D. inaequicostatum, D. incississimum, D. incurvum, D. inornatum, D. intercalatum, D. jacksonense, D. jeffreysi, D. jonker, D. kickxi, D. ladinum, D. lani, D. latesulcatum, D. latum, D. lindstroemi, D. macilenta, D. magnumcostatum, D. majus, D. manetelli, D. marwicki, D. matanzasense, D. mediaviense, D. michelotti, D. minor, D. minutis, D. molengraaffi, D. morganianum, D. multannulatum, D. multicostatum, D. nanggulanense, D. navarroi, D. nediaviense, D. nitens, D. octangulatum, D. octangulatum, D. octogonum, D. oerstedi, D. opaculum, D. pagellai, D. palmerae, D. pardelensis, D. parvulum, D. passerinianum, D. paulini, D. pauperculum, D. pilsbryi, D. planum, D. polygonuum, D. praecursor, D. preservatum, D. prudens, D. rectum, D. rectus, D. regulare, D. rhodani, D. ripleyana, D. ripleyanum, D. rutteni, D. samanicum, D. sangiorgi, D. serratum, D. sexangulum, D. sexangulum, D. simplex, D. sowerbyi, D. spiniforme, D. strenuum, D. striata, D. striatum, D. subarctuatum, D. subarcuatum, D. subeburneum, D. sublineatum, D. subrectum, D. substriatum, D. sulcosum, D. superbus, D. sylvaerupis, D. tetraquetrum, D. thalloides, D. torquatum, D. undiferum, D. uscarinanum, D. valangiense, D. varicostata, D. vaughani, D. vitreum, D. vulgare, D. weinkauffi, D. yokoyamai, D. zephyrinum, D. arciforme, D. blandum, D. ceratum, D. chipolanum, D. diopon, D. ewekoroense, D. kickxi, D. kickxi, D. minutiannulatum, D. palmerae, D. palmerae, D. thalloides, D. thaloides, D. nunomae, D. armillatum, D. armillatum, D. bothrum, D. carolinense, D. disparile, D. divulgatum, D. dollfus, D. equisetum, D. geminatum, D. glaucoterrarum, D. howchini, D. javanum, D. micheloti, D. multicostatum, D. polypleurum, D. semarangense, D. sexangulum, D. sulcosum, D. texasianum, D. striatum, D. badensis, D. striatum, D. innumerabile, D. macilentum, D. schumoi, D. armillatum, D. buricum, D. esmeraldum, D. esmeraldum, D. granadanum, D. grandanum, D. magnificum, D. nunomae, D. sokkohensis, D. amaliense, D. buccinulum, D. eboreum, D. pleiocenum, D. semistriolatum, D. acicula, D. corscum, D. guineense, D. haytense, D. longirostrum, D. multistrictum, D. nigeriense, D. pareoraense, D. pareoriense, D. pyrum, D. regulare, D. santarosanum, D. subfissura, D. toyamaense, D. octangulatum, D. octangulatum, D. octangulatum, D. sasndbergeri, D. caloosaense, D. dissimile, D. dissimile, D. prisma, D. proteiforme, D. tesseragonum

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 83.60000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (167697 167700)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (190798) Dentalium cooperii (193035)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) Dentalium cooperii (43762)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (11117 190777 190778 190781 190784 190785 190786 190790 190792 190797 190800)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (90071 184016 205393 215686 218671 218672 239601 239682 239691 239693)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (239680 239685)
Selandian - Ypresian61.66 - 48.07USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (239681)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (52612 166042 204137 238827 238831 238834 239605 239615 239710 239713 239720)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (52419 52423 52426 52428 52434)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Dentalium cooperii (207113)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Dentalium cooperii (166458)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Dentalium cooperi (43758)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (California) Dentalium cooperi (37928)