Tentaculita
Tentaculita is an extinct class of uncertain placement ranging from the Early Ordovician to the Middle Jurassic. They were suspension feeders with a near worldwide distribution. For a more thorough discussion, see Tentaculites.
| Tentaculita Temporal range: Early Ordovician to Middle Jurassic (Vinn 2010) | |
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| Tentaculitids from the Devonian of Maryland. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Superphylum: | Lophotrochozoa (?) |
| Class: | †Tentaculita Boucek, 1964 |
| Taxa of uncertain placement | |
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The presence of perforate septa and "septal necks" has been used to argue for a cephalopod affinity, whereas the shell microstructure, notably the presence of punctae, points to a brachiopod relationship.
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