Tentaculite

Tentaculite

Taxobox
name = "Tentaculites"
fossil_range = Devonian


image_caption = Tentaculites specimen
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Tentaculita
ordo = Tentaculitida
familia = Tentaculitidae
genus = "Tentaculites"
genus_authority = von Schlotheim 1820
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

Tentaculites are fossils from the Devonian period, ranging from 360-410 million years ago. They have no official taxonomic classification, but some group them with pteropods. Tentaculites have ribbed, cone-shaped shells which range in size from 5 to 20 mm.

Further reading

* Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part W - Miscellanea. "Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press", 1962. LCCN 53012913


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