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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...
- 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...
- comprises shales and sandstones. The formation has provided fossils of Tentaculites sp., foraminifera and ostracods. Mari Mari Group at Fossilworks.org Melo...
- conulariid Sphenothallus Viriatellina A tentaculitoid Nowakia Styliolina Tentaculites "Protospongia" rhenana A sponge Retifungus Olkenbachia Clionolithes...
- tear-shaped embryonic chamber (Farsan 2005). The phylogenetic affinities of tentaculites are not fully resolved; they have often been placed among molluscs, but...
- fossils dating back to the Devonian period. Quasillites Rothpletzella Tentaculites Melanodus loonesi Pokorninella bricae cf. Synthetodus Earth sciences...
- and diverse fossils, some of which are only known in Illinois such as Tentaculites oswegoensis, a small unclassified fossil named after Oswego, Illinois...
- (such as Plectonotus), ostracods, pelecypods, tentaculitides (such as Tentaculites) and a diverse fauna of bivalves (including Eoschizodus, Pleurodapis...