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, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Lissocoelina, Nanukidium, Pentamerifera, Pentamerinae, Pentameroides, Pentameroidinae, Pentamerus, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia
Subtaxa: Harpidium (Harpidium) Harpidium (Isovella) Harpidium (Sulcipentamerus)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana collection)
• Silurian of Canada (11: Northwest Territories, Québec), China (5), Greenland (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (8), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (28: Alaska, California, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin)
Total: 56 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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