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Dentalium (Entalis) whiteavesi

Scaphopoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Dentalium (Entalis) whiteavesi Anderson and Hanna p. 27 figs. Plate 6, figure 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
genusDentaliumSowerby 1839
subgenusEntalis
specieswhiteavesi

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Dentalium (Entalis) whiteavesi Anderson and Hanna 1935
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: shallow infaunalc
Diet: deposit feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:50:41
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:07:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Paleocene or 93.90000 to 61.70000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (80931 80932 80933 80935 80936 80937 80938 80939 220930)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (80942 80944)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (44214 44233)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (220366)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (72057 219077)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (220913)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Dentalium whiteavesi (type locality: 200117)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (83774 83792 215344)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (219051)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (California) Dentalium whiteavesi (192824)