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Pentlandella merriami

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae

Taxonomy
Pentlandella merriami was named by Sheehan (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 219690 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is High Lake Member, Great Basin, Southern Egan Range, which is in an Aeronian deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Laketown Dolomite Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Pentlandella merriami Sheehan pp. 35 - 37 figs. pl. 9, figs. 16-30

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderAnazygidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyAnazygoideaDavidson 1883
familyAnazygidaeDavidson 1883
subfamilyCatazyginaeCopper 1977
genusPentlandella
speciesmerriami

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.

Pentlandella merriami Sheehan 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-20 13:29:55
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:09:37
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Meyer et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.80000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (Nevada) Pentlandella merriami (type locality: 51520 51522)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Utah) Pentlandella merriami (51539 51543)