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Pentaphyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Pentaphyllidae

Taxonomy
Pentaphyllum was named by de Koninck (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 798,1086]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cryptophyllum by Hill (1956).

It was assigned to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002); to Stauriida by Fedorowski (2009); and to Pentaphyllinae by Hill (1981), Fedorowski (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Pentaphyllum de Koninck
1981Pentaphyllum Hill
2002Pentaphyllum Sepkoski
2009Pentaphyllum Fedorowski p. 576
2021Pentaphyllum Fedorowski pp. 421 - 422

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderTachylasmatinaFedorowski 2021
familyPentaphyllidaeSchindewolf 1942
subfamilyPentaphyllinaeSchindewolf 1942
genusPentaphyllumde Koninck 1872

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.

G. †Pentaphyllum de Koninck 1872
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†Pentaphyllum antractum Iljina 1965
†Pentaphyllum cuneatum Ilina 1962
†Pentaphyllum permicum Ilyina 1997
†Pentaphyllum subcylindricum Schindewolf 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Changhsingian or 399.50000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Hessen) P. spp. (38349)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Türkiye (Istanbul) P. irregulare (32611 32612)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Germany P. sp. (64668)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain P. sp. (67700)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan P. permicum (74976 95471 109839)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Afghanistan P. beyrichi, P. sp. (88264)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Iran P. sp. (107691)
Roadian - Changhsingian274.4 - 251.902Iran P. antarctum, P. excentricum, P. cuneatum (233584)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) P. sp. (75816)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran P. cuneatum (107686)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Armenia P. antractum (110750) P. sp. (110772) Plerophyllum excentricum (88704) Plerophyllum excentricum, Plerophyllum breviseptum (113724)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) P. sp. (112610)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan P. antractum (110702 110716) P. antractum, P. breviseptum (110669) P. cuneatum (110717) P. excentricum (110677 110679) P. excentricum, P. antractum (110676) P. sp. (110666) P. sp. 2, P. excentricum, P. antractum, P. breviseptum (110678) P. sp., P. antractum (110671) Plerophyllum antractum (97229) Plerophyllum breviseptum (144214) Plerophyllum excentricum (95630)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran P. breviseptum (107687) P. breviseptum, P. subcylindricum (107689) P. excentricum, P. antractum, P. cuneatum (107684) P. excentricum, P. antractum, P. cuneatum, P. breviseptum (107685) Plerophyllum antractum, Plerophyllum breviseptum (118282) Plerophyllum breviseptum (118278 118279)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Armenia P. sp. 2 (110758) Plerophyllum cuneatum (113726)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Azerbaijan P. cuneatum (110611 110705 110720) P. cuneatum, P. breviseptum (110659) P. sp. (110656 110692 110704) P. sp. 1 (110698) Plerophyllum cuneatum (97207 116765)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran P. antractum, P. breviseptum (75774)