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Pentamerella

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae

Taxonomy
Pentamerella is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Atrypa arata. It is the type genus of Pentamerellinae.

It was assigned to Pentamerellinae by Williams et al. (2002); and to Pentamerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. arata, P. wintereri
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. alpenensis, P. davidsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pentamerella Sepkoski
2002Pentamerella Williams et al. p. 1024

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderPentameridaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
suborderPentameridinaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
superfamilyClorindoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyClorindidaeRzhonsnitskaia 1956
subfamilyPentamerellinaeSapelnikov 1973
genusPentamerella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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†Pentamerella arata Conrad 1841
†Pentamerella wintereri Johnson 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:44:08
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:44:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Silurian to the top of the Frasnian or 443.10000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) P. arata (229254) P. sp. (229253)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5China (Guangxi) P. sp. (25866)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (40039)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95USA (Alaska) P. sp. (111906)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47USA (New York) P. arata (232948)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia P. sp. (235316 235317)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Nevada) P. davidsoni (5310 5314 5317) P. sp. (612) P. wintereri (3826 5290 5291 5292 5293 5295 5296)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) P. pavilionensis (3844 3846 3847 3848 3850 3853 3854) P. pavilionensis, P. grandis (3845)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) P. arata (9537 9539 9540 9547 9549 9552 9553 9555 9556 9557 9558 9559 9560 9561 9562 9563 9565 9570 9571 9572 9573 9574 9577 9581 9613 9614 9616 9617 77056 77076 77077 77078 77080) P. aruta (9615)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Pennsylvania) P. arata (232686)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31USA (Nevada) P. davidsoni (94266 94278)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) P. pavillionensis (91091 91216 91237 91240 91277 91278 91279)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Indiana) P. pavilionensis (11101)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Alaska) P. sp. (40668)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) P. davidsoni (5767)
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian387.95 - 383.4USA (Michigan) P. alpenensis (231661) P. alpenensis, P. aftonensis (231664)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) P. alpenensis (206795) P. athyroides (96298) P. aulax (96308) P. lingua (207859 231629 231630) P. papilla, P. petoskeyensis (94447) P. pericosta (94446 96304) P. petoskeyensis, P. athyroides (96307) P. proteus (94448 96306) P. sp. (85062 96293 96295 96300) P. sp. E, P. papilla, P. petoskeyensis (96305)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (626)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) P. yavorskii (84384)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Nevada) P. davidsoni (94402)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) P. arata (170009)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Wisconsin) P. multicosta (96333)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) P. pavilionensis (94411 94431 94432 94433) P. pavillionensis (8978 8979 8984 8987 8993 8994 8996 9003 9005 9006 9019 9028 10107 10110 10119 89669 89672 89673 96209 96211 96212) P. pericosta (96214) P. petoskyensis (96215 96216)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) P. laeviscula, P. dubia (93847) P. magna, P. rugosa (93845) P. multicostella (93842) P. multicostella, P. obsolescens, P. laeviscula (93843) P. subarata (93844)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (Missouri) P. fultonensis (93850)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4USA (Missouri) P. laeviscula, P. magna, P. multicostella, P. rugosa, P. subarata (93849)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31USA (Iowa) P. dubia, P. laeviuscula (35480 35481) P. laeviuscula (35478)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Alaska) P. sp. (112156)