Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Alternative combination: Dentalium mississippiensis
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Dentalium (Antalis) according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947
See also Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Antalis acuta, Antalis angusta, Antalis antillarum, Antalis bouei, Antalis constricta, Antalis interruptum, Antalis kickxii, Antalis pretiosa, Dentalium (Antalis) apicostatum, Dentalium (Antalis) danvillense, Dentalium (Antalis) vincense
Subtaxa: Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense jacksonense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mexico (2 collections), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (9: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Mexico (3), United States (21: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
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