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Pentamerella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4867363	https://www.gbif.org/species/4867363
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28263	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28263

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Clorindidae : Pentamerella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Pentamerida	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
suborder	Pentameridina	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
superfamily	Clorindoidea	Rzhonsnitskaia 1956
family	Clorindidae	Rzhonsnitskaia 1956
subfamily	Pentamerellinae	Sapelnikov 1973
genus	Pentamerella	Hall 1868

Scientific Name

Pentamerella Hall, 1868

Name Published In

Ann. Rep. N. York Cab., 20

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pentamerella	genus	belongs to Pentamerellinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002
Pentamerella	genus	belongs to Pentamerida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

409 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

383 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

stationary (based on Pentamerida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pentamerida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pentamerella aftonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella alpenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella arata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pentamerella aulax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella grandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella lingua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella liorhyncha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella multicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella niebuhri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella papilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella pericosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella proteus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella thusnelda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella tumida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentamerella wintereri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Pentamerella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pentamerella Williams et al. p. 1024

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. Rep. N. York Cab., 20 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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