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Definition of Tentaculites

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 Tentaculites 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...
- lophophorate based on s**** microstructure. The genus Tentaculites was named in 1820 by von Schlotheim. Tentaculites oswegoensis was named by 1877 and is known from...
- new clade Pleistomollusca. Tentaculita may also be in Mollusca (see Tentaculites). Good evidence exists for the appearance of gastropods (e.g., Aldanella)...
- with a near worldwide distribution. For a more thorough discussion, see Tentaculites. The presence of perforate septa and "septal necks" has been used to...
- Di Geronimo, 1974 †Hyalocylix haitensis R. L. Collins, 1934 † Praehyalocylis cretacea (Blanckenhorn, 1889) † Tentaculites cretaceus Blanckenhorn, 1889...
- conulariid Sphenothallus Viriatellina A tentaculitoid Nowakia Styliolina Tentaculites "Protospongia" rhenana A sponge Retifungus Olkenbachia Clionolithes...
- fossils dating back to the Devonian period. Quasillites Rothpletzella Tentaculites Melanodus loonesi Pokorninella bricae cf. Synthetodus Earth sciences...
- R S T U V W X Y Z †Technophorus †Technophorus quincuncialisTentaculitesTentaculites bellulus †Tetradella †Tetradella regularis †Tetradella subquadratus...
- Tentaculitans of the Gravel Point Formation Genus Species Presence Material Notes Images Tentaculites T. sp. A tentaculitid....
- and diverse fossils, some of which are only known in Illinois such as Tentaculites oswegoensis, a small unclassified fossil named after Oswego, Illinois...