Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Parent taxon: Pentameridae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bisulcata, Brooksina, Capelliniella, Eokirkidium, Eopentamerus, Harpidium, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Lissocoelina, Nanukidium, Pentamerifera, Pentamerinae, Pentameroides, Pentameroidinae, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia
Subtaxa: Pentamerus (Barrandella) Pentamerus (Supertrilobus) Pentamerus asiaticus Pentamerus comis Pentamerus gothlandicus Pentamerus lotis Pentamerus oblongus Pentamerus palaformis
Type: Pentamerus oblongus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Italy (1 collection)
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec), United States (2: Indiana, Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (63: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (9), the Czech Republic (4), Estonia (25), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (4), Mexico (1), Mongolia (4), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (9), Sweden (6), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (59: Alaska, California, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Utah, Wisconsin)
Total: 198 collections including 200 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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