Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyloniidae
Parent taxon: Pyloniidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Dipylissinae, Palaeotetrapylinae, Phorticium, Pyloniinae, Pylospira, Spirema, Tetrapyle, Trizonium
Subtaxa: Hexapyle Larcopyle Pylodiscus Pylolena
Type: Pylodiscus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (24 collections)
• Neodenticula seminae of North Pacific (3)
• Brunhes of North Pacific (2)
• Quaternary of Japan (8), North Pacific (380), Southern Ocean (4)
• C2 of North Pacific (7)
• Neodenticula koizumii of North Pacific (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Pacific (2)
• Pliocene of North Pacific (75), Southern Ocean (1)
• Neodenticula kamtschatica of North Pacific (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of Japan (1), North Pacific (19), Southern Ocean (3)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (1)
• Eocene of South Pacific (5)
Total: 541 collections including 608 occurrences