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Pylentonemidae

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae

Taxonomy
Pylentonemidae was named by Deflandre (1963). Its type is Pylentonema.

It was assigned to Nassellariina by Feng et al. (2004); and to Entactinaria by De Wever et al. (2001) and Noble et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Pylentonemidae Deflandre
2001Pylentonemidae De Wever et al. p. 182
2004Pylentonemidae Feng et al. p. 382
2017Pylentonemidae Noble et al. p. 456

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyPylentonemidaeDeflandre 1963
familyPylentonemidaeDeflandre 1963

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. †Pylentonemidae Deflandre 1963
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G. †Polyentactinia Foreman 1963
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Polyentactinia applanata Nazarov and Ormiston 1989
Polyentactinia aranaeosa Nazarov and Ormiston 1984
Polyentactinia aranea Gourmelon 1986
Polyentactinia biacus Sugiyama 1992
Polyentactinia centrata Nazarov and Ormiston 1985
Polyentactinia circumretia Nazarov and Ormiston 1990
Polyentactinia crux Sugiyama 1992
Polyentactinia estonica Nazarov 1983
Polyentactinia fiscina Nazarov and Ormiston 1989
Polyentactinia fragilis Nazarov and Ormiston 1989
Polyentactinia helioformis Kozur and Mostler 1989
Polyentactinia hunanensis Dong et al. 1997
Polyentactinia ishigai Kozur and Mostler 1989
Polyentactinia lautitia Nazarov and Ormiston 1985
Polyentactinia leeorum Goodbody 1986
Polyentactinia multifida Nazarov 1986
Polyentactinia multifora Nazarov 1986
Polyentactinia nazarovi Kozur and Mostler 1989
Polyentactinia njatvica Nazarov and Ormiston 1990
Polyentactinia octupla Nazarov 1986
Polyentactinia offerta Nazarov 1980
Polyentactinia offirmata Nazarov and Ormiston 1989
Polyentactinia perampla Braun et al. 1992
Polyentactinia plecta Foreman 1963
Polyentactinia polygonia Foreman 1963
Polyentactinia propinqua Nazarov 1975
Polyentactinia rudihispida Nazarov and Ormiston 1993
Polyentactinia sexangulata Feng et al. 1997
Polyentactinia spinulenta Pouille and Danelian 2014
Polyentactinia stelcki Goodbody 1986
Polyentactinia tenera Aitchison 1993
Polyentactinia udiensis Nazarov 1974
Polyentactinia zhamoidai Afanasieva 2000
G. †Pylentonema Deflandre 1963
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Pylentonema antiqua Deflandre 1963
Pylentonema aperta Nazarov 1975
Pylentonema banchengensis Wang and Kuang 1993
Pylentonema eucosmeta Braun 1989
Pylentonema hindei Cheng 1986
Pylentonema insueta Nazarov 1975
Pylentonema mira Cheng 1986
Pylentonema parviaperta Park and Won 2012
Pylentonema racheboeufi Gourmelon 1986
Pylentonema rimata Nazarov 1980
Pylentonema robusta Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Pylentonema serrensis Gourmelon 1987
Pylentonema transitorum Liu and Hao 2006
Pylentonema typica Cheng 1986
G. †Quadrapesus Cheng 1986
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Quadrapesus araneae Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus bakeri Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus conili Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus dumitricai Cheng 1986
Quadrapesus jimisonae Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus sixi Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Quadrapesus transitivus Liu and Hao 2006
Quadrapesus unicus Cheng 1986
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: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Pelsonian or 383.70000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Yunnan) Polyentactinia miopora (90904)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Australia (Western Australia) Polyentactinia tenera (233596)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Ohio) Polyentactinia craticulata, Polyentactinia polygonia, Polyentactinia leptosphaera (142358) Polyentactinia polygonia, Polyentactinia leptosphaera (142361) Polyentactinia polygonia, Polyentactinia leptosphaera, Polyentactinia plecta (142363)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Russian Federation (Northern Urals) Polyentactinia sp. (12335)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Germany Pylentonema antiqua (90999) Pylentonema antiqua, Polyentactinia aranea (91000)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Thailand Pylentonema antiqua (90898 90899) Pylentonema antiqua, Polyentactinia polygonia (90896 90897)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany Polyentactinia sp., Polyentactinia polygonia, Polyentactinia aranea (91002)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Pylentonema antiqua (91032)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation Polyentactinia sp. (225522)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Polyentactinia sp. (95334)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Hunan) Polyentactinia phatthalungensis (220571)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Thailand (Phatthalung) Polyentactinia phattalungensis (220597)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan (Tochigi) Polyentactinia furutanii, Polyentactinia sp., Polyentactinia crux (220579)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan (Aichi) Polyentactinia crux (220802) Polyentactinia sp. (220801)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan (Kanto) Polyentactinia crux (220545 220548 220553 220561)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Japan Polyentactinia biacus, Polyentactinia crux (95372) Polyentactinia crux (95330)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Thailand (San Kamphaeng) Polyentactinia sp. (220618 220619)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Thailand Polyentactinia sp. (64517 64518)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Japan (Aichi) Polyentactinia sp. (220813)