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Pentremites

Blastoidea - Pentremitida - Pentremitidae

Discussion

Type Species- Encrina godonii DeFrance, 1819

Taxonomy
Pentremites was named by Say (1820) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 520,904]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pentremitidae.

It was assigned to Echinodermata by Sowerby (1834); to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pentremitidae by Say (1820), Waters and Horowitz (1993) and Bauer et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Pentremites Say
1834Pentatrematites Sowerby
1993Pentremites Waters and Horowitz p. 210
2002Pentremites Sepkoski
2017Pentremites Bauer et al. p. 854

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
superorderSpiraculata(Jaekel 1918)
orderPentremitidaMatsumoto 1929
familyPentremitidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusPentremitesSay 1820

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. †Pentremites Say 1820
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†Pentremites aridus Webster and Lane 1970
†Pentremites clavatus Hambach 1880
†Pentremites conoideus Hall 1856
†Pentremites cristalensis Macurder 1964
†Pentremites elongatus Shumard 1855
†Pentremites godoni Defrance 1819
†Pentremites kirki Hambach 1903
†Pentremites pentremites Hernon 1935
†Pentremites pulchellus Ulrich 1917
†Pentremites rusticus Hambach 1903
†Pentremites stelliformis Owen and Shumard 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:52:18
Modified: 2010-02-09 11:56:54
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Morrowan or 358.90000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections (130 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Alberta) P. sp., P. conoideus (8610)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Arizona) P. sp. (124289)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Montana) P. sp. (12771)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Arizona) P. sp. (124288)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Georgia) P. cava (164684)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (64758)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) P. conoideus (2779 2780 2781 2826 2828 2829 2831) P. princetonensis, P. conoideus (2713)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (New Mexico) P. conoideus (10182)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (569)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) P. conoideus (2833 2835) P. sp. (6699)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Virginia) P. sp. (7044)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (62434)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) P. konincki, P. conoideus (62396) P. sp. (62388)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Illinois) P. tulipaformis (25)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) P. sp. (2710 6747 6749 6751 6754 6757 6759 6763 6764 6765 6766 6769 6773 6777 6780 6782 6789 6790 6791 6792 6793 6794 6795 6798 6799 6800 6801 6803 6804 6805 6806 6807 6808 6809 6811 6812 6823 6831 6835 6837 6841 6844 6845 6846 6847)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Pennsylvania) P. sp. (2774)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Indiana) P. abruptus, P. angularis, P. pyriformis, P. patei (7018) P. clavatus (7017) P. okawensis (7027) P. okawensis, P. pyriformis, P. platybasis (7019) P. platybasis, P. elegans, P. pyramidatus, P. okawensis, P. girtyi, P. pyriformis (7029) P. pyramidatus, P. abruptus (7031) P. pyramidatus, P. patei, P. elegans, P. springeri, P. platybasis, P. pyriformis, P. girtyi, P. okawensis (7014) P. pyriformis, P. okawensis (7025) P. pyriformis, P. okawensis, P. abruptus (7021) P. pyriformis, P. okawensis, P. springeri (7024) P. pyriformis, P. welleri (7012) P. springeri, P. pyriformis, P. okawensis, P. clavatus (7015) P. springeri, P. tulipaformis, P. platybasis, P. pyriformis, P. girtyi, P. okawensis, P. clavatus (7005) P. tulipaformis (7028)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (12788)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Illinois) P. godoni (20) P. pulchellus (230494 230532)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Alabama) P. laminatus (2853)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Indiana) P. elegans (26 6878 6880) P. pyramidatus (6879 6882) P. pyramidatus, P. abruptus (6888) P. robustus, P. pyriformis (27) P. welleri (6889)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Iowa) P. princetonensis, P. conoideus, P. pulchellus (120832) P. pulchellus (3296)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Tennessee) P. princetonensis, P. pulchellus (90811)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arizona) P. sp. (124256)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Virginia) P. planus, P. sp. (7030) P. sp. (7035 7043)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) P. elegans (206292) P. godoni (21 230531) P. tulipiaformis (23)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Nevada) P. sp. (77065)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Illinois) P. obesus (7068) P. okawensis, P. springeri, P. clavatus (7066) P. pyriformis, P. okawensis (7070) P. springeri (7072)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Indiana) P. angularis, P. robustus, P. pyramidatus (6936) P. halli (6928) P. okawensis (6940) P. okawensis, P. welleri, P. pyramidatus, P. pyriformis, P. patei, P. tulipaformis (6941) P. patei, P. pyriformis, P. pyramidatus, P. welleri, P. buttsi, P. symmetricus, P. okawensis, P. girtyi, P. hambachi, P. maccalliei, P. robustus, P. tulilpaformis (6962) P. pyriformis, P. pyramidatus, P. abruptus, P. symmetricus, P. okawensis, P. girtyi, P. springeri, P. tulipaformis, P. patei, P. platybasis, P. clavatus (6938) P. tulipaformis, P. pyriformis, P. pyramidatus, P. welleri, P. abruptus, P. symmetricus, P. girtyi, P. okawensis, P. platybasis, P. elegans, P. clavatus (6963) P. welleri, P. pyramidatus, P. pyriformis, P. tulipaformis (6944)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Kentucky) P. abruptus, P. symmetricus, P. girtyi, P. platybasis, P. elegans, P. spicatus, P. tulipaformis, P. pyramidatus, P. welleri (6964) P. elegans, P. springeri, P. pyriformis, P. okawensis, P. welleri, P. clavatus (7063) P. okawensis, P. elegans, P. springeri (7062) P. okawensis, P. platybasis (7060) P. pyriformis, P. okawensis, P. springeri (7061) P. spicatus, P. halli (6965) P. tulipaformis (22)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alabama) P. tulipaformis (24)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) P. sp. (111781)