Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Alternative combination: Dentalium (Fissidentalium) uscarianum
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Fissidentalium according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Dentalium (Fissidentalium) mawsoni, Fissidentalium badense, Fissidentalium granadanum, Fissidentalium inaequale, Fissidentalium longistriatum, Fissidentalium mantelli, Fissidentalium rei, Fissidentalium solidissimum
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (5), Grenada (3), Panama (4)
• Oligocene of Panama (7)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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