Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae
Parent taxon: Pylentonemidae according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also De Wever et al. 2001, Feng et al. 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Polyentactinia, Quadrapesus
Subtaxa: Pylentonema antiqua Pylentonema aperta Pylentonema banchengensis Pylentonema eucosmeta Pylentonema hindei Pylentonema insueta Pylentonema mira Pylentonema parviaperta Pylentonema racheboeufi Pylentonema rimata Pylentonema robusta Pylentonema serrensis Pylentonema transitorum Pylentonema triangulata Pylentonema typica
Type: Pylentonema antiqua
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Germany (2 collections), Thailand (4), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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