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Pentedium

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida

Taxonomy
Pentedium is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Laganina by Kier (1968); and to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Pentedium Kier p. 38
2002Pentedium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderLaganina
genusPentedium

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. †Pentedium
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Pentedium curator Kier 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available