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Tentaculita
Extinct class of uncertain affiliation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For a group of comb jellies, see Tentaculata.
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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Tentaculita | |
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Tentaculitids from the Devonian of Maryland. | |
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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.[5]