Coccodentalium Sacco 1896 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Parent taxon: Dentaliidae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Squires 1988

Sister taxa: Antalis, Compressidentalium, Dentalium, Eodentalium, Eudentalium, Fissidentalium, Graptacme, Lentigodentalium, Minodentalium, Paleodentalium, Paradentalium, Pictodentalium, Plagioglypta, Schizodentalium, Striodentalium, Tesseracme

Subtaxa: Coccodentalium emersoni

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Eocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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