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Pyloniidae
Taxonomy
Pyloniidae was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant.
It was assigned to Litheliacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); to Spumellaria by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sharma and Takahashi (2007).
It was assigned to Litheliacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); to Spumellaria by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sharma and Takahashi (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Pyloniidae Haeckel |
| 1961 | Pyloniidae Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2001 | Pyloniidae De Wever et al. p. 148 |
| 2007 | Pyloniidae Sharma and Takahashi p. 822 |
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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.
Fm. Pyloniidae Haeckel 1881
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G. Phorticium Haeckel 1881
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Phorticium polycladum Tan and Tchang 1976
Phorticium pylonium Haeckel 1887
Invalid names: Phorticium macropylium Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
G. Pylospira Haeckel 1887
G. Spirema Haeckel 1887
G. Tetrapyle Haeckel 1858
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Tetrapyle octacantha Müller 1859
Invalid names: Pylonium Haeckel 1881 [synonym]
G. Trizonium Haeckel 1887
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Invalid names: Echinosphaera Hertwig 1879 [replaced], Trizonites Haeckel 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | Palaeotetrapyle muelleri (95902 95907) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Larcopyle weddelium, Tetrapyle octacantha, Phorticium polycladum, Phorticium pylonium, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711) Larcopyle weddelium, Tetrapyle octacantha, Phorticium polycladum, Phorticium pylonium, Pylodiscus triangularis, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233712) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Larcopyle weddelium, Tetrapyle octacantha, Phorticium polycladum, Phorticium pylonium, Pylodiscus triangularis, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233713) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Larcopyle weddelium, Tetrapyle octacanthus, Phorticium polycladum, Phorticium pylonium, Pylodiscus triangularis, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233714) |