(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:53:40

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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