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Pentamerus asiaticus
Taxonomy
Pentamerus asiaticus was named by Cocks (1979). Its type specimen is BB 93388, a shell (conjoined valves), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2.5 km northeast of the town of Rabat-e Qarabil, which is in an Aeronian carbonate limestone in the Qarabil Formation of Iran.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Pentamerus asiaticus Cocks pp. 35 - 36 figs. 22-26 |
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†Pentamerus asiaticus Cocks 1979
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| L. R. M. Cocks 1979 | Very weakly trilobate Pentamerus, with relatively small and tightly incurved beak, and with relatively wide apical angles. |