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Pyrocyclus

Taxonomy
Pyrocyclus was named by Hay and Towe (1962). It is extant.

It was assigned to Haptophyta by Hay and Towe (1962).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. orangensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Pyrocyclus Hay and Towe

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
RankNameAuthor
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
genusPyrocyclus

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. Pyrocyclus Hay and Towe 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Depth habitat: surfacep
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2006-10-31 06:24:05
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:24:05
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific P. sp. (273087 273091)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333South Pacific P. sp. (273080 273081 273084)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333South Pacific P. orangensis (269299 269302 269303 269304 273025 273038 273057 273058 273065 273078) P. orangensis, P. sp. (273056 273069) P. sp. (269308 269310 269312 272193 273022 273023 273024 273027 273029 273030 273033 273034 273035 273037 273039 273044 273045 273046 273047 273049 273051 273053 273055 273060 273061 273067 273071 273072 273075 273077 273079)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific P. orangensis (273020) P. sp. (273015 273016)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Pacific P. sp. (269280 269284 269287 272135 272149 272934 272935 272940 272947 272948 272993 272998 273000 273006 273009)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific P. orangensis (272859 272868) P. sp. (271786 271798 271803 271821 271823 272114 272115 272122 272860 272872 272908 273104)