Dictionary entry

Pentamerus

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖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.