Pentameroides Schuchert and Cooper 1931 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Parent taxon: Pentameridae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bisulcata, Brooksina, Capelliniella, Eokirkidium, Eopentamerus, Harpidium, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Lissocoelina, Nanukidium, Pentamerifera, Pentamerinae, Pentameroidinae, Pentamerus, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia

Subtaxa: Pentameroides (Callipentamerus) Pentameroides septentrionalis Pentameroides subrectus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Belarus (1 collection), Canada (49: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (26: Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah)

Total: 78 collections including 83 occurrences

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