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Definition of Tentaculite

Tentaculite
Tentaculite Ten*tac"u*lite, n. (Paleon.) Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.

Meaning of Tentaculite from wikipedia

- 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...
- Tentaculites oswegoensis is a small animal of unresolved phylogenetic affinities that has often been classified with molluscs or even with marine worms...
- with a near worldwide distribution. For a more thorough discussion, see Tentaculites. The presence of perforate septa and "septal necks" has been used to...
- tear-shaped embryonic chamber (Farsan 2005). The phylogenetic affinities of tentaculites are not fully resolved; they have often been placed among molluscs, but...
- but belonging to neither group. The type species is S. dominicana. Tentaculites brevitenui Sp. nov Valid Wei, Zong & Gong Early Devonian Nagaoling Formation...
- †Pleurodapis †Prothyris †Pterinopecten †Pterygotus †Pterygotus florid**** †Tentaculites The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils...
- (such as Plectonotus), ostracods, pelecypods, tentaculitides (such as Tentaculites) and a diverse fauna of bivalves (including Eoschizodus, Pleurodapis...
- Late Silurian in the western Anti-Atlas, with brachiopod, conodont and tentaculite fossils, while basalts are found in the east. Carboniferous form the...
- Group rocks. Fossils include brachiopods, gastropods, bryozoans, and tentaculites. In the west of the state there were thirteen small granitic intrusions...
- conulariid Sphenothallus Viriatellina A tentaculitoid Nowakia Styliolina Tentaculites "Protospongia" rhenana A sponge Retifungus Olkenbachia Clionolithes...