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Pyloniinae

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyloniidae

Taxonomy
Pyloniinae was named by Dumitrica (1989). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pyloniidae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pyloniinae Dumitrica
2001Pyloniinae De Wever et al. p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPyloniidaeHaeckel 1881
subfamilyPyloniinaeDumitrica 1989
subfamilyPyloniinaeDumitrica 1989

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.

Subfm. Pyloniinae Dumitrica 1989
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G. Larcospira Haeckel 1887
G. Octopyle Haeckel 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific Larcospira quadrangula (262428) Larcospira quadrangula, Octopyle stenozona (266890 266891) Octopyle stenozona (266892)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Larcospira minor (253647) Octopyle stenozona (264861)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific Octopyle stenozona (266889)
Jaramillo1.071 - 0.99North Pacific Octopyle stenozona (265540)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific Octopyle stenozona (265534)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Larcospira quadrangula (266883) Larcospira quadrangula, Octopyle stenozona (266882)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific Larcospira minor (255100)