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Pylodiscinae

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyloniidae

Taxonomy
Pylodiscinae was named by Haeckel (1887). It is extant. Its type is Pylodiscus.

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

Subtaxa
Hexapyle, Larcopyle, Pylodiscus (type genus), Pylolena

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Pylodiscinae Haeckel
2001Pylodiscinae De Wever et al. p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPyloniidaeHaeckel 1881
subfamilyPylodiscinaeHaeckel 1887
subfamilyPylodiscinaeHaeckel 1887

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. Pylodiscinae Haeckel 1887
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G. Hexapyle Haeckel 1881
G. Larcopyle Dreyer 1889
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Larcopyle cervicornis Haeckel 1887
G. Pylodiscus Haeckel 1887
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G. Pylolena Haeckel 1887
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan Larcopyle polyacantha, Larcopyle weddellium, Larcopyle sp. (236002)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Larcopyle weddelium, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711) Larcopyle weddelium, Pylodiscus triangularis, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Larcopyle weddelium, Pylodiscus triangularis, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Larcopyle weddelium, Pylodiscus triangularis, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233714)