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Definition of Pentamerus limestone

Pentamerus limestone
Pentamerus Pen*tam"e*rus, n. [NL. See Pentamerous.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian. Pentamerus limestone (Geol.), a Silurian limestone composed largely of the shells of Pentamerus.

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- genus Pentamerus, established by Roivainen in 1951, is invalid and needs to be renamed. Until this happens, use Pentamerus (mite). Pentamerus (meaning...
- hardness from the soft shales above and below. The most common fossil is Pentamerus knightii, which is extremely abundant in places. Other brachiopods, corals...
- Leiorhynchus quadricostatum, Orthis iowensis (?), O. livia, Pentamarella arata, Pentamerus nueleus, Productella subamleata var. catarafla, Productus burlingtonensis...
- Lindbergh Range Mols Range Murchison Range Musk Ox Mountains Norlund Alps Pentamerus Range Pictet Range Prince of Wales Range Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps...
- reticularis, Spirifer plicatilis, Rhynchonella cuneata, Orthis, Leptaena, Pentamerus). Lamellibranchs include the genera Avicula, Cardiola and Grammysia whilst...
- Formation Silurian Pentamerus gotlandicus Limestone Formation Silurian Persnas Formation Ordovician Rya Formation Jur****ic Ryd Limestone Formation Ordovician...
- erisocrinid crinoid genus from the Upper Carboniferous of the Akiyoshi Limestone Group, southwest ****an (Crinoid studies of Akiyoshi - 1). Bulletin of...
- revision of the genus Pentamerus James Sowerby 1813 and a description of the new species Gypidula bravonium from the Aymestry Limestone of the main outcrop"...
- as well as with the ostracod Leperditia ohioensis and the brachiopods Pentamerus divergens and Schuchertella interstriata. It was Early Pridoli (Late Silurian)...
- period of geological time. The earliest Silurian rocks locally are the Pentamerus and Purple Shales formations, both being ****igned to the Llandovery epoch...