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It is not extant. Its type is <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371014&is_real_user=1"><i>Pyrocystites pirum</i></a>. <br><br>It was assigned to <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31012&is_real_user=1">Diploporita</a> by <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=6930">Sepkoski (2002)</a>; and to <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=306382&is_real_user=1">Gomphocystitidae</a> by <b><a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=65775">Mergl and Prokop (2006)</a></b>.</div> </div> <p><div><center><div class="displayPanel" align="left" style="margin-bottom: 2em; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader">Species</span> <div class="displayPanelContent"> <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371014&is_real_user=1">P. pirum</a> <small>(type species)</small> </div> </div></center> </div> </p></div> </div> </div> </center><center><div id="panel2" class="panel";"> <div align="center" class="small""> <div class="displayPanel" style="margin-bottom: 2em; padding-top: -1em; width: 42em; text-align: left;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader">Synonyms</span> <div align="center" class="small displayPanelContent"> <table><tr><td><ul><li style="padding-bottom: 1.5em;"><i><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31035&is_real_user=1">Glyptosphaeronites</a></i> was named by Mergl (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l]. Its type is <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=306378&is_real_user=1"><i>Sphaeronites leuchtenbergi</i></a>. <br><br>It was synonymized subjectively with <i>Pyrocystites</i> by <b><a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=65775">Mergl and Prokop (2006)</a></b>.<br><br>It was assigned to <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31012&is_real_user=1">Diploporita</a> by <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=6930">Sepkoski (2002)</a>.</li> </ul></td></tr></table></div> </div> <div align="left" class="displayPanel" style="width: 42em; margin-top: 0em;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader" style="text-align: left;">Synonymy list</span> <div align="center" class="small displayPanelContent" style="padding-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> <table cellspacing=5> <tr><th>Year</th><td>Name and author</th></tr> <tr><td valign="top">1887</d><td valign="top"><i>Pyrocystites</i> Barrande</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top">1984</d><td valign="top"><i>Glyptosphaeronites</i> Mergl</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top">2002</d><td valign="top"><i>Glyptosphaeronites</i> <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=6930">Sepkoski</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top">2002</d><td valign="top"><i>Pyrocystites</i> <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=6930">Sepkoski</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top">2006</d><td valign="top"><i>Pyrocystites</i> <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=65775">Mergl and Prokop</a> p. 14</td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <p>Is something missing? <a href="/classic?page=join_us">Join the Paleobiology Database</a> and enter the data</p> </div> </div> </div> </center><div id="panel3" class="panel"><div align="center"> <div class="small displayPanel"> <div class="displayPanelContent"> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <table><tr valign="top"><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Author</th></tr> <tr class="darkList"><td align="center">kingdom</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=325038&is_real_user=1">Animalia</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">(<a href="/classic/app/refs#display=12782?Linnaeus 1758"></a>)</td></tr><tr ><td align="center">—</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67103&is_real_user=1">Bilateria</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"></td></tr><tr class="darkList"><td align="center">—</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=272902&is_real_user=1">Eubilateria</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">Ax 1987</td></tr><tr ><td align="center">—</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67145&is_real_user=1">Deuterostomia</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/classic/app/refs#display=35738?Grobben 1908"></a></td></tr><tr class="darkList"><td align="center">—</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=272400&is_real_user=1">Ambulacraria</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"></td></tr> </td></tr></table> </td><td valign="top" style="width: 2em;"></td><td valign="top"> <table><tr valign=top><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Author</th></tr><tr ><td align="center">phylum</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30739&is_real_user=1">Echinodermata</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/classic/app/refs#display=17459?Klein 1754"></a></td></tr><tr class="darkList"><td align="center">subphylum</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=120078&is_real_user=1">Blastozoa</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/classic/app/refs#display=22459?Sprinkle 1973"></a></td></tr><tr ><td align="center">order</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=434760&is_real_user=1">Glyptosphaeritida</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">(Bernard 1895)</td></tr><tr class="darkList"><td align="center">family</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=306382&is_real_user=1">Gomphocystitidae</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">Bassler 1938</td></tr><tr ><td align="center">genus</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31051&is_real_user=1">Pyrocystites</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">Barrande 1887</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <p class="small" style="margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 2em; text-align: left;">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.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="panel4" class="panel"><div align="center" class="small"><div class="verysmall" style="width: 50em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <div id="t31051" id="classBox" class="shownClassBox" style="border-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; "> <div id="n31051" class="classTaxon" style="margin-bottom: 0em;" onClick="showHide('t31051');">G. &dagger;<a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31051&is_real_user=1"><i>Pyrocystites</i></a> Barrande 1887</div> <div id="top31051" class="classHotCorner" style="font-size: 1em;"><span onClick="showAll('top31051');">show all</span> | <span onClick="collapseChildren('t31051');">hide all</span></div> <div id="t371014" id="classBox" class="shownClassBox"> <div id="n371014" class="classTaxon"> &dagger;<a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371014&is_real_user=1"><i>Pyrocystites pirum</i></a> Barrande 1887</div> </div> <div id="t31051bad" class="shownClassBox">Invalid names: <i>Glyptosphaeronites</i> Mergl 1984 [synonym]</div> </div> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> var box_hierarchy = { "t31051": ['t371014','t31051bad'] }; </script> </div> </div> <div id="panel5" class="panel"><div align="center" class="small" "style="margin-top: -2em;"><div class="displayPanel" align="left" style="width: 36em; margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader" class="large">Diagnosis</span> <div class="displayPanelContent"> <div align="center"><i>No diagnoses are available</i></div> </div> </div> <div class="displayPanel" align="left" style="width: 36em;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader" class="large">Measurements</span> <div align="center" class="displayPanelContent"> <div align="center" style="padding-bottom: 1em;"><i>No measurements are available</i> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <center><div id="panel6" class="panel"><div align="center" clas="small"><div class="small displayPanel" align="left" style="width: 46em; margin-top: 0em; padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> <div align="center" class="displayPanelContent"> <table cellpadding="4"><tr></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Composition:</span> </td><td valign="top">high Mg calcite<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Ontogeny:</span> </td><td valign="top">accretion, addition of parts<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Environment:</span> </td><td valign="top">marine<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Locomotion:</span> </td><td valign="top">stationary<span class="superscript">subp</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Life habit:</span> </td><td valign="top">epifaunal<span class="superscript">subp</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Diet:</span> </td><td valign="top">suspension feeder<span class="superscript">subp</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Dispersal:</span> </td><td valign="top">water<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Dispersal 2:</span> </td><td valign="top">planktonic<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Created:</span> </td><td valign="top">2009-09-21 12:36:39</td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Modified:</span> </td><td valign="top">2009-09-21 14:36:39</td></tr></table></td> </tr><tr><td colspan=2><span class="fieldName">Source:</span> subp = subphylum, p = phylum</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><span class="fieldName">References: </span><a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=29227">Bambach et al. 2007</a>, <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=487">Aberhan 1992</a></td></tr></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </center><center><div id="panel7" class="panel"></div> </center><center><div id="panel8" class="panel"><div class="displayPanel" style="margin-top: 0em;"> <div class="displayPanelContent"> <div class="small" style="margin-left: 2em; width: 90%; border-bottom: 1px solid lightgray;"><p>Age range: base of the <a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=68">Tremadoc</a> to the top of the <a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=66">Llanvirn</a> <i>or</i> 486.50000 to 458.40000 Ma</p></div> <div class="small" style="margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: -1em;"><p>Collections (5 total)</p></div> <br> <table class="small" style="margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em;"> <tr> <th align="center">Time interval</th> <th align="center">Ma</th> <th align="center">Country or state</th> <th align="left">Original ID and collection number</th></tr> <tr class='darkList'><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=68" target="classic2">Tremadoc</a></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><nobr>486.5 - 477.7</nobr></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small">Czech Republic</span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="small">Glyptosphaeronites sp. (<a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=3782&is_real_user=1">3782</a>) P. sp. (<a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=3837&is_real_user=1">3837</a> <a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=192830&is_real_user=1">192830</a>)</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=66" target="classic2">Llanvirn</a></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><nobr>468.0 - 458.4</nobr></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small">Czech Republic (Prague)</span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="small">P. sp. (<a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=76458&is_real_user=1">76458</a>)</span></td></tr> <tr class='darkList'><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=334" target="classic2">Sarka</a></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><nobr>466.0 - 466.0</nobr></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small">Czech Republic</span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="small">P. sp. (<a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=3857&is_real_user=1">3857</a>)</span></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </center><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">switchToPanel(1,8);</script> </div><br><br>  </div>  </div>  </div>  </div> <br><Br>  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pnotify/2.0.0/pnotify.all.min.js"></script> <script src="/wing.js?v=1" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>