Tentaculites

Tentaculites
Temporal range: Early Ordovician – Late Devonian[1]
Tentaculitids from the Devonian of Maryland.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: †Tentaculita
Order: †Tentaculitida
Family: †Tentaculitidae
Genus: †Tentaculites
von Schlotheim, 1820
Species
  • T. bellulus Hall, 1876
  • T. exaltatus Talent, 1963
  • T. grandis Roemer, 1870
  • T. oswegoensis F.B. Meek & A.H. Worthen, 1865

Tentaculites is an extinct genus of conical fossils of uncertain affinity, class Tentaculita, although it is not the only member of the class. It is known from Lower Ordovician to Upper Devonian deposits[1] both as calcitic shells with a brachiopod-like microstructure[2] and carbonaceous 'linings'.[3][4] The "tentaculites" (i.e. tentaculita) are also referred to as the styliolinids.

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  2. ^ Towe, K. M. (1978). "Tentaculites: Evidence for a Brachiopod Affinity?". Science. 201 (4356): 626–628. Bibcode:1978Sci...201..626T. doi:10.1126/science.201.4356.626. PMID 17794124. S2CID 22806221.
  3. ^ Wood, G.D., Miller, M.A., and Bergstrom, S.M. 2004. Late Devonian (Frasnian) tentaculite organic remains in palynological preparations, Radom−Lublin region, Poland. Memoirs of the Association of Australian Palaeontologists 29: 253–258.
  4. ^ Filipiak, P.; Jarzynka, A. (2009). "Organic Remains of Tentaculitids: New Evidence from Upper Devonian of Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54: 111–116. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0111.