Family

Pentameridae McCoy, 1844

Selection of related publications

Jin, J., Holmer, L. E. 2017. Pentameroid brachiopod Karlsorus new genus from the upper Wenlock (Silurian) Slite Beds, Gotland, Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 91, 5, 911-918. Cambridge University Press (CUP). DOI:10.1017/jpa.2017.46

Bassett, M. G., Cocks, L. R. M. 1974. A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland. Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56.

Rubel, M. 1970. Silurian Brachiopods Pentamerida and Spiriferida of Estonia. pp. 1-75. Valgus.

Eichwald, E. 1854. Die Grauwackenschichten von Liv- und Estland. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 27, 1, 1-111.

List of species

1. Karlsorus gothlandicus (Lebedeff, 1892) | Silurian

2. Kirkidium knightii (J. Sowerby, 1813) | Silurian

3. Kirkidium sculptum (Lindström, 1880) | Wenlock

4. Pentameroides esthonus (Eichwald, 1854) | Adavere Stage

5. Pentamerus oblongus (Sowerby, 1839) | Adavere Stage

6. Rhipidium tenuistriatum (Lindström, 1880) | Silurian

Klassificering

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Brachiopoda
Subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea
Class	Rhynchonellata
Order	Pentamerida
Suborder	Pentameridina
Superfamily	Pentameroidea
Family	Pentameridae
Subfamily	Conchidiinae
Genus	Karlsorus
	Kirkidium
	Pentameroides
	Pentamerus
	Rhipidium
Family	Subrianidae
	Virgianidae