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Pyritonema

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa

Taxonomy
Pyritonema was named by McCoy (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: S]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lyssacinosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lyssacinosa by Reid (2004).

Species
P. scopula
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. barrandei, P. feistmanteli, P. subulare, P. subulcre
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pyritonema McCoy
2002Pyritonema Sepkoski
2004Pyritonema Reid p. 458

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
RankNameAuthor
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
genusPyritonemaMcCoy 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pyritonema McCoy 1850
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†Pyritonema scopula Botting 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:10:17
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:10:17
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Johvi or 486.40000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia P. feistmanteli (3837)
Klabava477.1 - 469.4Czechia P. barrandei (3838)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) P. scopula (119434)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Estonia (Ida-Viru) P. subulcre (193521) P. subulcre, P. subulare (193514)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Sweden (Skane) P. subulare (80104)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Estonia (Lääne) P. subulare (195657 195658)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (192388)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (3305)
Haljala456.8 - 453.9Russian Federation P. subulare (235840)
Haljala456.8 - 453.9Russian Federation (Novgorod Oblast) P. subulare (235894)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Ida-Viru) P. subulcre (193516)
Johvi452.8 - 449.9Estonia (Ida-Viru) P. subulare (193522 197475 197479 197480 197481) P. subulcre (193515)
Johvi452.8 - 449.9Estonia (Lääne) P. subulare (195655 195656)