Pentamerus

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Pentamerus m

1. (†Pentamerus) A taxonomic genus within the family Pentameridae – prehistoric brachiopods that lived from the Silurian to the Middle Devonian in Asia, Europe, and North America.
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Eriophyidae – certain gall mites.

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Pentamerus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

branchiopod

• Pentamerus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Pentamerus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

gall mite

• Eriophyidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eriophyidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Eriophyidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons