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Pentameroceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Trimeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Pentameroceras was named by Hyatt (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l S Ludl Sepkoski's reference number: 524,651].

It was assigned to Trimeroceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Chen et al. (1981); and to Oncoceratida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Pentameroceras Hyatt p. 278
1964Pentameroceras Teichert et al. p. 299
1981Pentameroceras Chen et al. p. 73
2002Pentameroceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyTrimeroceratidaeHyatt and Zittel 1900
genusPentamerocerasHyatt 1884

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. †Pentameroceras Hyatt 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Niagaran or 438.00000 to 421.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China P. sp. (228659)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Severnaya Zemlya) P. sp. A. (85024)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) P. sp. (27908)
Niagaran438.0 - 421.3USA (Indiana) P. cumingsi (22818)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) P. mirum (13631 13633) P. mirum, P. facula (13632)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) P. mirum (13603)
Gorstian - Ludfordian427.4 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) P. mirum, P. facula (13636)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) P. mirum (70432)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic P. sp. (232620)