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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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (541 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific Larcopyle polycantha (258857)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific Larcopyle polycantha (258856)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71South Pacific Larcopyle hayesi (254232)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9South Pacific Larcopyle hayesi (254222)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9South Pacific Larcopyle hayesi (247925 247926)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha (250717 250720 256994 256995 256997 256998 256999 258457 258467 258468 258469 258470 258471 258473 258475 258476 258481 258482) Larcopyle pylomaticus (256990)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Pacific Larcopyle quadrangula (257601)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan Larcopyle polyacantha, Larcopyle weddellium, Larcopyle sp. (236002)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean Larcopyle nebulum (247627 247628) Larcopyle weddellium, Larcopyle nebulum (259939)
Neodenticula kamtschatica7.67 - 3.665North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha, Larcopyle pylomaticus (250544 250546) Larcopyle pylomaticus (250549)
Neodenticula kamtschatica - Neodenticula koizumii - Neodenticula kamtschatica7.67 - 2.65North Pacific Larcopyle pylomaticus (250543)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (261142 261144 261147 261149 261150 261151 261157)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean Larcopyle weddellium (252133)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific Hexapyle dodecantha (266890 266891 266892) Larcopyle buetschlii (266408 266560 266561 266562 266563 268115 268116) Larcopyle polycantha (251012 256987 258441 258443) Larcopyle polycantha, Larcopyle pylomaticus (247893 247894 247895 247896 247897 251004 251005 251006 251009 251010 251014 256988 256989 258435 258436 258446 258447 260049 260051 260052 260053 260054 260056 260057 260059) Larcopyle pylomaticus (247889 247890 247891 247892 251003 251007 251011 251013 251015 251017 251018 251019 258434 258437 258438 258442 258444 258445 260055 260058)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha, Larcopyle pylomaticus (251002) Larcopyle pylomaticus (247888)
Neodenticula koizumii - Neodenticula kamtschatica3.665 - 2.65North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha, Larcopyle pylomaticus (250539 250541 250542) Larcopyle pylomaticus (250540)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (260549 260550 260554 261134 270055)
Neodenticula koizumii2.65 - 2.0North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha (250537)
C22.61 - 1.78North Pacific Larcopyle pylomaticus (254196 254197 254199 254200 254201) Larcopyle pylomaticus, Larcopyle polycantha (254198 254202)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (270038 270050)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean Larcopyle buetschlii (250732) Larcopyle weddellium, Larcopyle pylomaticus (252110)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Hexapyle dodecantha (264864 264865) Larcopyle buetschlii (242474 242475 242477 242479 260854 260855 260856 260857 260858 260862 260863 260866 260873 260875 266535 266537 266541 266542 266546 267023 267594 267595 267598 267600 267603 267604 267605 267607 267608 268100 268102 268103 268104 268107 269936 269937 269938 269939 269941 269942 269943 269951 269952 269959 269963 269966 269968 269969 269972 269973 269975 269977 269986 271981 271982 271983 271984 271985 271987 271993 271995 271996 271997 272003 272004 272005 272006 272015 272017 272018 272020 272021 272025) Larcopyle polycantha (247882 250975 250976 250977 250978 250979 250980 250981 250982 250983 250984 250986 250987 250988 250989 250990 250991 250992 251000 256982 256983 256984 256986 258425 258428 258430 260032 260033 260034 260035 260036) Larcopyle polycantha, Larcopyle pylomaticus (247884 247886 250993 250994 250995 250999 251001 258426) Larcopyle pylomaticus (250998 258431 258432 258433 260039 260040 260041 260042 260043 260044 260046 260047) Larcopyle quadrangula (253647)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (268099)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (260316 260318 260320 260321 260322 260662 260663 260666 260667 260668 260677 260678 260679 260680 260683 260684 260825 260826 260828 260830 260831 260832 260834 260844 260845 260846 260847 261417 261418 261419 261420 261421 261422 261423 261425 261426 261427 261428 261759 261760 261761 261762 261763 261764 261765 261766 261767 261768 261769 261888 261891 261895 261935 261936 261939 261940 261941 261942 261943 262274 262276 262278 262281 262288 262289 262291 262293 262294 265956 265957 267660 267661 267665 267666 267669 267670 267671 272734 272736 272739 272740 272741 272742 272743 272745 272746 272749 272750 272753 272755)
Actinocyclus oculatus2.0 - 1.1North Pacific Larcopyle pylomaticus (250536)
Actinocyclus oculatus - Proboscia curvirostris2.0 - 0.31North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha, Larcopyle pylomaticus (250535)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific Hexapyle dodecantha (266887 266889) Larcopyle polycantha (252896 252898 252899 252900 252901 252902 252903 252905 252906 252907 252908) Larcopyle pylomaticus (252912 252915 252918 252919 252924 252925 252926 252928 252930 252931 252933 252934 252937 252938 252940 252942 252943 252944 252945)
NN19 - NN201.9 - 0.29North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha (252894)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (260481 260517 260525 260534 261100 261108 262105 262106 262110 262121 266903 266907 268010 268013 269841 269842 269845 269847 269853 269854 269855 269857 269861 269863 269865 269867 269868 269869 269871 269874 269875 269880 269882 269886 269887 269889 269891 269892 269895 269896 269898 269902 269904 269989 269990 269991 269993 269994 269999 270001 270003 270006 270007 270013 270018 270022 270033 272631 272632 272633 272634 272635 272636 272637 272638 272639 272640 272641 272642 272649 272650 272651 272652 272654 272659 272660 272661 272662 272663 272665 272668 272671 272683 272688 272690 272692 272704 272705 272706 272707 272709 272710 272711 272715 272716 272722 272724 272727 272730)
C1r.2r1.187 - 1.071North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (266064)
Proboscia curvirostris1.1 - 0.31North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha (250533)
Jaramillo1.071 - 0.99North Pacific Hexapyle dodecantha (265539)
Jaramillo - Matuyama1.071 - 0.773North Pacific Hexapyle dodecantha (265536)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific Hexapyle dodecantha (265534 265535)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (261430 261436)
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)
Brunhes0.773 - 0.0North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (266061 266062)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha (252892 252893 257521 257523 257524 257525)
Neodenticula seminae0.31 - 0.0North Pacific Larcopyle polycantha (250530 250531 250532)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Hexapyle dodecantha (266882 266883 266884 266885 266886) Larcopyle buetschlii (272703) Larcopyle polycantha (252887 252888 252889 252890 252891 257510 257511 257512 257515 257518 257519 257520 259772 259773 259774 259775 259776 259777)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Larcopyle weddelium, Pylodiscus triangularis, Larcopyle buetschlii, Larcopyle cervicornis (233714)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific Larcopyle quadrangula (255100)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean Larcopyle weddellium, Larcopyle pylomaticus (249970 250721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Larcopyle buetschlii (242466 242467 242468 242469 242470 242471 267591 267593 268093 268096 268097)