Tentaculita
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Tentaculita Temporal range: 485–165Ma Early Ordovician to Middle Jurassic (Vinn 2010) | |
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Tentaculitids from the Devonian of Maryland. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca (?) |
Class: | †Tentaculita Boucek 1964 |
Orders | |
Tentaculita is an extinct class of uncertain placement ranging from the Early Ordovician to the Middle Jurassic. They were suspension feeders with a near worldwide distribution. For a more thorough discussion, see Tentaculites
References
- Farsan, N. M. (1994). Tentaculiten: Ontogenese, Systematik, Phylogenese, Biostratonomie und Morphologie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 547: 1-128.
- Vinn, O. (2010). Adaptive strategies in the evolution of encrusting tentaculitoid tubeworms. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 292: 211–221.
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