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Fissidentalium

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Fissidentalium was named by Fischer (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: K l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Dentalium (Fissidentalium) by Moore (1976).

It was assigned to Dentalliidae by Palmer (1974); to Dentalium by Moore (1976); to Scaphopoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dentaliidae by Fischer (1885), Wienrich (1999), Reynolds and Steiner (2008), Darragh (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Fissidentalium Fischer
1974Fissidentalium Palmer
1976Dentalium (Fissidentalium) Moore p. 41
1999Fissidentalium Wienrich p. 264
2001Fissidentalium Wells and Houston p. 103
2002Fissidentalium Sepkoski
2008Fissidentalium Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.1
2017Fissidentalium Darragh p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusFissidentaliumFischer 1885

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Fissidentalium Fischer 1885
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Fissidentalium badense Hörnes 1856
Fissidentalium granadanum Anderson 1929
Fissidentalium mantelli Zittel 1865
Fissidentalium rei Maxwell 1992
Fissidentalium solidissimum Pilsbry and Brown 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:33:07
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:33:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Piacenzian or 358.90000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (107 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) F. longistriatum (44158)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland F. n. sp. (177724)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) F. gracilicostatum (6266 6267 6268)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Australia (Victoria) F. gracilocostatum (85124)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Dentalium mawsoni (179823 179824 179825)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (Canterbury) F. rei (45036)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) F. mawsoni (205816)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) F. pukaea, F. rei (45041)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) Dentalium mawsoni (71236)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4New Zealand Dentalium mantelli (67927)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Denmark F. polypleurum (111476)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Dentalium uscarianum (42569 42571 42572 42573 42574 42575 42576)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Dentalium mantelli (67854 67857)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (North Island) F. solidum (204564 205949)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark F. polypleurum (111472 111474 234515)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Dentalium uscarianum (42631 93039 93040 145561)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) F. sp. (157335)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Dentalium mawsoni (74769)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Dentalium granadanum (88330) F. solidissimum (131222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan (Nagano) F. yokoyamai (51576)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) F. twistringense (62903)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand F. sp. (77488)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand Dentalium mantelli (146596) F. sp. (77489)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia F. badense (160736)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany F. twistringense, F. sp. (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy F. tauroasperum, F. taurostriatum (178108) F. taurostriatum (178110)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Dentalium mantelli (67897 67899 67900) F. sp. (77491)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan F. sp. (44960) F. yokoyamai (44958 44959 44961 44970 179868 179869)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy F. tauroasperum, F. taurostriatum (178116) F. taurostriatum (178112)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) F. twistringense (61896 61899 61905 61906 62867 62892)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Dentalium solidissimum (60680 60684)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hiroshima) F. sp. (51422 51423)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Dentalium uscarianum (58667 58674 58683)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hokuriku) F. yokoyamai (161491 161492)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) F. sp. (45182)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Entalis mantelli (72206 72210)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan F. yokoyamai (44962)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia Dentalium badense (89152)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan (Hokuriku) F. yokokamai (161489)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia F. sp. (145915)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Dentalium inaequale (78437)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Dentalium badense (206291)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines F. yokoyamai (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Dentalium mawsoni (63439)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica Dentalium uscarianum (134679 134681 134682 134683)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Dentalium uscarianum (96507)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia F. solidissimum (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan F. yokoyamai (71049)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) F. sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) F. sp. (61346 61348 79795)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) F. sp. (135828)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy F. inaequale (207784)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) F. sp. (79858 79859 79994 135832)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Dentalium uscarianum (134666)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) F. sp. (79993)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) F. yokoyamai (62295)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) F. sp. (61343 79794)