Polycystina - Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae
Parent taxon: Entactinaria according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also De Wever et al. 2001 and Feng et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Braginella, Centrocubidae, Cyclocarpus, Ellisus, Entactiniidae, Eptingiidae, Haplentactiniidae, Helioentactinia, Heptacladidae, Hexalonchidae, Hexastylidae, Hindeosphaeridae, Hollandocachoniidae, Inaniguttidae, Isometractiniidae, Kahlerosphaera, Kungalariidae, Multiarcusellidae, Odoghertitidae, Palaeolithocycliidae, Palaeoscenidiidae, Paleoxiphosphaera, Pentactinocarpidae, Polyentactiniidae, Protoentactiniacea, Proventocitidae, Quinquecapsulariidae, Radium, Rhizosphaeridae, Saturnalidae, Spongosaturnaloididae, Tetrentactiniidae, Thalassothamnidae, Triumbraculidae
Subtaxa: Polyentactinia Pylentonema Quadrapesus
Type: Pylentonema
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Japan (10), Thailand (5)
• Permian of China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of Germany (3), Thailand (4), United States (1: Alaska)
• Devonian of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Ohio)
Total: 31 collections including 44 occurrences