Tentaculita

Tentaculita
Temporal range: 485–165 Ma

Early Ordovician to Middle Jurassic (Vinn 2010)

Tentaculitids from the Devonian of Maryland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca (?)
Class: Tentaculita
Boucek 1964

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

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