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Pentaphyllum ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3250395	https://www.gbif.org/species/3250395
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	5762	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=5762

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pentaphyllidae : Pentaphyllum

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Pentaphyllidae : Pentaphyllum

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Rugosa
order	Stauriida	Verrill 1865
suborder	Plerophyllina	Sokolov 1960
family	Pentaphyllidae	Schindewolf 1942
subfamily	Pentaphyllinae	Schindewolf 1942
genus	Pentaphyllum	Koninck 1872

Scientific Name

Pentaphyllum Koninck, 1872

Name Published In

N. Rech. An. Foss. Terr. Carbon. Belgique, 1, 58 (ex Mém. Acad. Belgique 39).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pentaphyllum	genus	subjective synonym of Cryptophyllum	stated with evidence	Hill, 1956
Pentaphyllum	genus	belongs to Pentaphyllinae	stated with evidence	Hill, 1981
Pentaphyllum	genus	belongs to Rugosa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Rugosa)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rugosa)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa)

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
Clisiophyllum leptoconicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentaphyllum antractum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pentaphyllum beyrichi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentaphyllum breviseptum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pentaphyllum cuneatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pentaphyllum excentricum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pentaphyllum isoseptatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentaphyllum leptoconicum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		88	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pentaphyllum minimum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		16	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pentaphyllum permicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Pentaphyllum silesiacum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pentaphyllum subcylindricum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pentaphyllum timorense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleramplexus minimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plerophyllum antractum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plerophyllum breviseptum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plerophyllum cuneatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plerophyllum excentricum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1872	Pentaphyllum de Koninck
1981	Pentaphyllum Hill
2002	Pentaphyllum Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F

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

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

N. Rech. An. Foss. Terr. Carbon. Belgique, 1, 58 (ex Mém. Acad. Belgique 39). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Acad. Belgique, (2) 31 (40) - 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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