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Pentremites

Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Pentremitidae

Discussion

Type Species- Encrina godonii DeFrance, 1819

Taxonomy
Pentremites was named by Say (1820) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 520,904]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Echinodermata by Sowerby (1834); to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pentremitidae by Say (1820) and Bauer et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Pentremites Say
1834Pentatrematites Sowerby
2002Pentremites Sepkoski
2017Pentremites Bauer et al. p. 854

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
subclassEublastoideaBather 1899
orderSpiraculataJaekel 1918
familyPentremitidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusPentremitesSay 1820

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. †Pentremites Say 1820
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Pentremites aridus Webster and Lane 1970
Pentremites conoideus Hall 1856
Pentremites cristalensis Macurder 1964
Pentremites elongatus Shumard 1855
Pentremites godoni Defrance 1819
Pentremites kirki Hambach 1903
Pentremites pentremites Hernon 1935
Pentremites pulchellus Ulrich 1917
Pentremites rusticus Hambach 1903
Pentremites stelliformis Owen and Shumard 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available