Pentamerida

Pentamerida is an order of biconvex, impunctate shelled, articulate brachiopods that are found in marine sedimentary rocks that range from the Middle Cambrian through the Devonian.

Pentamerida

Wilson44691 · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RhynchonellataPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationaryPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 132 million years on record.

The record covers at least 508 Mya to 375.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 511.2 Mya to 358.86 Mya.

Cambrian — about 66 of 4064 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 1041 of 4064 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 1964 of 4064 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 994 of 4064 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 4064 occurrences514–509 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences509–504 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences504–498 Mya — about 2 occurrences498–493 Mya — about 20 occurrences493–488 Mya — about 36 occurrences488–483 Mya — about 72 occurrences483–477 Mya — about 68 occurrences477–472 Mya — about 135 occurrences472–467 Mya — about 202 occurrences467–461 Mya — about 103 occurrences461–456 Mya — about 105 occurrences456–451 Mya — about 170 occurrences451–446 Mya — about 128 occurrences446–440 Mya — about 417 occurrences440–435 Mya — about 518 occurrences435–430 Mya — about 444 occurrences430–424 Mya — about 388 occurrences424–419 Mya — about 284 occurrences419–414 Mya — about 255 occurrences414–409 Mya — about 177 occurrences409–403 Mya — about 51 occurrences403–398 Mya — about 53 occurrences398–393 Mya — about 70 occurrences393–388 Mya — about 154 occurrences388–382 Mya — about 159 occurrences382–377 Mya — about 23 occurrences377–372 Mya — about 25 occurrences372–366 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences366–361 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences361–356 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences508 Mya375.2 Mya514 Mya356 Mya

4,064 occurrences of Pentamerida on record, most of them in the Silurian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

4,064 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

710 formations

Attawapiskat — 52.85°N, 83.90°WAttawapiskat — 52.90°N, 83.95°WAttawapiskat — 52.89°N, 83.64°WAttawapiskat — 52.89°N, 83.52°WAttawapiskat — 52.93°N, 83.39°WAttawapiskat — 52.96°N, 83.16°WAttawapiskat — 52.94°N, 83.07°WAttawapiskat — 55.55°N, 85.60°WAttawapiskat — 55.68°N, 88.12°WAttawapiskat — 53.46°N, 82.93°WAttawapiskat — 53.45°N, 82.91°WAttawapiskat — 53.18°N, 81.12°WAttawapiskat — 53.20°N, 81.50°WAttawapiskat — 53.13°N, 81.05°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.62°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.60°WJupiter — 49.50°N, 63.00°WJupiter — 49.39°N, 63.53°WJupiter — 49.22°N, 62.40°WJupiter — 49.17°N, 61.71°WJupiter — 49.48°N, 63.17°WJupiter — 49.55°N, 63.06°WJupiter — 49.17°N, 62.79°WJupiter — 49.25°N, 63.04°WJupiter — 49.54°N, 63.34°WJupiter — 49.07°N, 62.25°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 62.15°WJupiter — 49.24°N, 62.24°WJupiter — 49.22°N, 62.48°WJupiter — 49.28°N, 62.10°WJupiter — 49.27°N, 62.37°WJupiter — 49.27°N, 62.33°WDawan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 27.00°N, 108.00°EDawan — 28.00°N, 109.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 108.00°EDawan — 29.00°N, 109.00°EDawan — 30.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 31.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 31.00°N, 118.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EDawan — 30.86°N, 111.39°EDawan — 31.17°N, 111.41°EDawan — 30.86°N, 111.04°EDawan — 30.86°N, 110.37°ECape Phillips — 75.13°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WRead Bay — 73.25°N, 93.50°WRead Bay — 75.00°N, 95.00°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WRead Bay — 74.68°N, 94.16°WRead Bay — 74.65°N, 94.71°WRead Bay — 74.73°N, 94.94°WRead Bay — 74.70°N, 94.82°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.43°WRead Bay — 74.68°N, 93.50°WSolvik — 59.92°N, 10.75°ESolvik — 60.17°N, 10.30°ESolvik — 59.83°N, 10.43°ESolvik — 59.82°N, 10.46°ERacine — 43.04°N, 87.91°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WRacine — 42.73°N, 87.78°WRacine — 42.88°N, 88.04°WRacine — 43.01°N, 88.38°WRacine — 42.00°N, 88.00°WRacine — 41.85°N, 87.65°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°WScotch Grove — 40.00°N, 97.00°WScotch Grove — 41.92°N, 90.92°WScotch Grove — 41.90°N, 90.60°WScotch Grove — 42.15°N, 90.68°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 92.00°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 90.50°WScotch Grove — 42.12°N, 91.13°WScotch Grove — 42.48°N, 90.87°WScotch Grove — 41.85°N, 90.18°WScotch Grove — 42.17°N, 91.10°WScotch Grove — 42.10°N, 91.28°WVolkhov — 60.00°N, 32.57°EVolkhov — 59.88°N, 31.59°EVolkhov — 59.98°N, 32.34°EVolkhov — 59.86°N, 31.41°EVolkhov — 59.68°N, 30.17°EHenryhouse — 35.08°N, 98.24°WHenryhouse — 35.00°N, 97.00°WHenryhouse — 34.37°N, 97.00°WHenryhouse — 34.60°N, 97.03°WHenryhouse — 34.62°N, 96.63°WHenryhouse — 34.66°N, 96.68°WHenryhouse — 34.34°N, 97.33°WHenryhouse — 34.77°N, 96.67°WHenryhouse — 34.67°N, 96.63°WHenryhouse — 34.68°N, 96.76°WHenryhouse — 34.62°N, 96.45°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.97°N, 76.14°WOnondaga — 42.18°N, 73.95°WOnondaga — 42.08°N, 73.97°WOnondaga — 41.93°N, 74.03°WOnondaga — 42.59°N, 74.93°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.04°WOnondaga — 42.90°N, 76.02°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WLaketown Dolomite — 38.50°N, 115.00°WLaketown Dolomite — 39.25°N, 114.88°WAnderken — 43.88°N, 75.55°EAnderken — 43.92°N, 75.48°EAnderken — 44.55°N, 74.85°EAnderken — 45.08°N, 73.38°EAnderken — 45.47°N, 72.03°EAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 38.53°N, 116.40°WAntelope Valley — 37.30°N, 115.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.00°N, 116.62°WAntelope Valley — 39.60°N, 116.26°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 39.22°N, 115.53°WAntelope Valley — 39.05°N, 116.74°WAntelope Valley — 36.39°N, 116.96°WAntelope Valley — 36.40°N, 117.33°WAntelope Valley — 36.78°N, 115.89°WKulamat — 53.00°N, 57.18°EKulamat — 52.97°N, 57.02°EKulamat — 56.10°N, 59.42°ERoberts Mountain — 39.84°N, 116.35°WRoberts Mountain — 39.94°N, 116.32°WKopanina — 50.08°N, 14.47°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 14.22°EKopanina — 49.93°N, 14.13°EKopanina — 50.03°N, 14.32°EKopanina — 49.77°N, 13.25°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°EKopanina — 49.52°N, 13.50°EGuole — 23.34°N, 106.13°ERoberts Mountains — 39.95°N, 116.31°WRoberts Mountains — 39.90°N, 116.36°WHopkinton — 43.00°N, 91.00°WHopkinton — 42.00°N, 91.00°WHopkinton — 42.50°N, 91.50°WHopkinton — 42.17°N, 90.58°WZhitai — 29.00°N, 109.00°EMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°EMotol — 49.95°N, 12.93°EMotol — 49.95°N, 14.22°EMotol — 50.03°N, 14.40°EMotol — 49.97°N, 14.07°EMotol — 50.08°N, 14.47°EMotol — 49.77°N, 13.25°EShanda Horizon — 54.28°N, 85.93°ELeetse — 60.03°N, 32.63°ELeetse — 60.07°N, 32.35°ELeetse — 59.88°N, 31.59°ELeetse — 59.98°N, 32.34°ELeetse — 59.75°N, 30.43°ELeetse — 59.63°N, 30.80°E

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The named rock units Pentamerida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 686 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 753 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pentamerida and its relatives

Silurian

Where Pentamerida and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

1,538 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,211 sites for Pentamerida, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

595 references

Each of the 4,064 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 583 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Pentamerida

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Pentamerida was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itRhynchonellata through timeFormations of the SilurianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Schuchert and Cooper 1931