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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...
- Bivalvia and the Gastropoda. Tentaculita may also be in Mollusca (see Tentaculites). Good evidence exists for the appearance of gastropods (e.g., Aldanella)...
- 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...
- fossils dating back to the Devonian period. Quasillites Rothpletzella Tentaculites Melanodus loonesi Pokorninella bricae cf. Synthetodus Earth sciences...
- with a near worldwide distribution. For a more thorough discussion, see Tentaculites. The presence of perforate septa and "septal necks" has been used to...
- (such as Plectonotus), ostracods, pelecypods, tentaculitides (such as Tentaculites) and a diverse fauna of bivalves (including Eoschizodus, Pleurodapis...
- Tentaculitans of the Gravel Point Formation Genus Species Presence Material Notes Images Tentaculites T. sp. A tentaculitid....
- Di Geronimo, 1974 †Hyalocylix haitensis R. L. Collins, 1934 † Praehyalocylis cretacea (Blanckenhorn, 1889) † Tentaculites cretaceus Blanckenhorn, 1889...