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Pentacrinites
Taxonomy
Pentacrinites was named by Blumenbach (1804) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett J Oxfo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Pentacrinites fossilis.
It was assigned to Sagenocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pentacrinitidae by Jäger (1985), Hess and Messing (2011) and Hess (2012).
It was assigned to Sagenocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pentacrinitidae by Jäger (1985), Hess and Messing (2011) and Hess (2012).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1804 | Pentacrinites Blumenbach |
| 1821 | Pentacrinus Miller |
| 1847 | Extracrinus Austin and Austin p. 96 |
| 1858 | Heterocrinus Fraas |
| 1928 | Pentacrinus Nagao p. 101 |
| 1985 | Pentacrinites Jäger p. 93 |
| 2001 | Pentacrinus Papier p. 372 |
| 2002 | Pentacrinites Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Pentacrinites Hess and Messing p. 43 |
| 2012 | Pentacrinites Hess p. 231 |
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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. †Pentacrinites Blumenbach 1804
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†Pentacrinites asteriscus Meek and Hayden 1858
†Pentacrinites ausichi Hess 2012
†Pentacrinites fossilis Blumenbach 1804
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Invalid names: Pentacrinites briareus Miller 1821 [synonym], Pentacrinites britannicus von Schlotheim 1813 [objective synonym]
†Pentacrinites quenstedti Oppel 1856
†Pentacrinites subangularis Miller 1821
Invalid names: Extracrinus Austin and Austin 1847 [synonym], Heterocrinus Fraas 1858 [synonym], Pentacrinus Miller 1821 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Priabonian or 247.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma
Collections (145 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Triassic | USA (Alaska) | Pentacrinus sp. (112235) | |
| Anisian | Poland | Pentacrinus dubius (63538) | |
| Anisian | New Zealand | P. carolinensis (60991) | |
| Pelsonian | Italy (Vicentin) | Pentacrinus dubius (87260) | |
| Middle Triassic | USA (California) | Pentacrinus asteriscus (33195) | |
| Middle Triassic | Italy (Trento) | Pentacrinus sp. (202272) | |
| Ladinian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Pentacrinus sp. (212207) | |
| Longobardian | Spain (Alicante) | Pentacrinus sp. (202223 202224 202240) | |
| Longobardian - Julian | Russian Federation | Pentacrinus sp. (214792) | |
| Ladinian - Carnian | Japan (Saitama) | Pentacrinus sp. (201826) | |
| Carnian | Germany | Pentacrinus tirolensis (206013) | |
| Carnian | USA (California) | Pentacrinus sp. (144374) | |
| Carnian | Austria (Tyrol) | Pentacrinus tirolensis (202331) | |
| Carnian | Italy (South Tyrol) | Pentacrinus fuchsi (205147 205149) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | USA (Alaska) | Pentacrinus sp. (40678 112239 112287 112288 112475) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | Germany | Pentacrinus bavaricus (202142) | |
| Julian | Italy | Pentacrinus subcrenatus (137429) | |
| Tuvalian | Austria (Tyrol) | Pentacrinus tirolensis (203207) | |
| Norian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya, Edgeøya) | Pentacrinus sp. (212905) | |
| Norian | Italy (Brescia) | Pentacrinus sp. (203325) | |