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Pentagonia

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae

Taxonomy
Pentagonia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Meristellinae by Williams et al. (2002); and to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. gemmisulcata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pentagonia Sepkoski
2002Pentagonia Williams et al. p. 1566

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyMeristelloideaWaagen 1883
familyMeristellidaeWaagen 1883
subfamilyMeristellinaeWaagen 1883
genusPentagonia

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Frasnian or 407.60000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3USA (New York) P. unisulcata (75470)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Canada (Ontario) P. unisulcata (40058)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Colombia P. gemmisulcata (36017)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Venezuela P. sp. (35895)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Venezuela P. sp. (35900)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) P. unisulcata (9540 9547 9549 9550 9553 9554 9562 9563 9565 9566 9568 9569 9570 9571 9572 9573 9574 9575 9613 9615 9617 77056 77076 77077)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Indiana) P. biplicata (11101)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) P. unisulcata (91240)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Kentucky) P. biplicata (5709)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) P. bisulcata (206793)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Colombia (Boyaca) P. gemmisulcata (36012)