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Minodentalium

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Minodentalium Asato and Kase p. 755

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

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.

G. †Minodentalium Asato and Kase 2021
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Minodentalium furcatum Waterhouse 1980
Minodentalium girtyi Knight 1940
Minodentalium hayasakai Asato and Kase 2021
Minodentalium herculeum de Koninck 1863
Minodentalium ingens de Koninck 1843
Minodentalium meekianum Geinitz 1866
Minodentalium okumurai Asato and Kase 2021
Minodentalium priscum Goldfuss 1841
Minodentalium prosseri Morningstar 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter120.0

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 Missourian to the top of the Changhsingian or 306.00000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Dentalium meekanum (184103)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Dentalium meekianum (26878)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Dentalium meekianum (157668)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51Iran (Isfahan) Entalis herculea (211723)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Japan M. hayasakai, M. okumurai (220705 220706)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Plagioglypta girtyi (116643 116650)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51New Zealand (Southland) Plagioglypta furcata (41777 41778)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Dentalium priscum (109637)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17India Entalis herculea (230622)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Dentalium herculeum (119647) Entalis herculea (119623 119696) Plagioglypta herculea (125926 125928 126004 126738 126941)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Bosnia and Herzegovina Entalis ingens (206739)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Plagioglypta herculea (126700 126704 126706 126708 126709 126744 126745 126747 126749 126752 126754 126985 127017)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Dentalium herculeum (90262) Entalis herculea (89061 90251 119608 119625 119637 119677 119689) Plagioglypta herculea (110953 126882 126883 126887 126889 126896 126933 126934 126981 126988 126989)