:''The
gall mite genus ''Pentamerus'', established by Roivainen in 1951, is invalid and needs to be renamed. Until this happens, use ''
Pentamerus (mite)''.''
''Pentamerus'' (meaning "five thighs") is a
prehistoric genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
brachiopod
Brachiopods (), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of trochozoan animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, w ...
s that lived from the
Silurian to the
Middle Devonian
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in
Asia
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,
Europe
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, and
North America.
See also
*
Pentamerus Range
Sources
* ''Fossils'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 82)
External links
''Pentamerus''in the
Paleobiology Database
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History
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Rhynchonellata
Prehistoric brachiopod genera
Silurian brachiopods
Devonian brachiopods
Paleozoic animals of Asia
Prehistoric animals of Europe
Paleozoic brachiopods of North America
Silurian first appearances
Middle Devonian genus extinctions
Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)
Jeffersonville Limestone
Paleozoic life of Ontario
Paleozoic life of British Columbia
Paleozoic life of Manitoba
Paleozoic life of New Brunswick
Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Paleozoic life of Quebec
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