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Pentameridae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3252483	https://www.gbif.org/species/3252483
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	110296	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110296

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Pentameridae

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	Pentameroidea	McCoy 1844
family	Pentameridae	M'Coy 1844

Scientific Name

Pentameridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pentameridae	family	belongs to Pentameracea	implied	Talent, 1963
Pentameridae	family	belongs to Pentameracea	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974
Pentameridae	family	belongs to Pentameroidea	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

443 - 441 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

388 - 384 Ma
Middle Devonian

Motility

stationary (based on Pentamerida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pentamerida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Based on component genera; 5 of 5 genera share 10 to < 100 length, 5 of 5 share 10 to < 100 width.

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pentamerinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Pentameroidinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	4	443 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Bisulcata ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Brooksina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	25	443 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Capelliniella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	443 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Eokirkidium ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Eopentamerus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	443 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Harpidium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	59	443 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Jolvia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Kirkidium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	50	443 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Lissocoelina ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	443 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Nanukidium ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Pentamerifera ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	443 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Pentameroides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	83	443 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Pentamerus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	222	443 Ma Silurian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Rhipidium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	22	433 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Stenopentamerus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Twenhofelia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1844	Pentameridae M'Coy
1963	Pentameridae Talent p. 69
1974	Pentameridae Bassett and Cocks
1997	Pentameridae Jin and Chatterton
2002	Pentameridae Williams et al. p. 971

References

M'Coy F. , A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland, 1-274

Talent J. A. (1963) The Devonian of the Mitchell and Wentworth Rivers, Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 24, 1-118

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62

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

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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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