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Pentablastus

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Orophocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pentablastus was named by Sieverts-Doreck (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-u Sepkoski's reference number: 82]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Orophocrinidae by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Fissiculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pentablastus Sieverts-Doreck
1967Pentablastus Beaver et al. p. S411
2002Pentablastus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyOrophocrinidaeJaekel 1918
genusPentablastusSieverts-Doreck 1951

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. †Pentablastus Sieverts-Doreck 1951
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Pentablastus supracarbonicus Breimer and Macurda 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available