Tentaculita

Tentaculita Temporal range: 485–165 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N 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

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.

Further reading

• The Paleontology Database