Acanthocladiidae

Penniretepora spinosa (Pocta, 1894), a relative of Acanthocladiidae — not Acanthocladiidae itself

Not Acanthocladiidae. This is Penniretepora spinosa (Pocta, 1894), a relative — both are Acanthocladiidae.

via GBIF · CC BY 4.0 · via GBIF. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
FenestellinaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Bryozoa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 366 million years on record.

The record covers at least 450.2 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 451 Mya to 72.2 Mya.

Ordovician — about 6 of 1816 occurrencesSilurian — about 4 of 1816 occurrencesDevonian — about 84 of 1816 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 342 of 1816 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1380 of 1816 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 1816 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 1816 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 1816 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 1816 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 1816 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 1816 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 0 of 1816 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 1 of 1816 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 1816 occurrences459–445 Mya — about 2 occurrences445–432 Mya — about 4 occurrences432–419 Mya — about 4 occurrences419–406 Mya — about 4 occurrences406–393 Mya — about 8 occurrences393–380 Mya — about 49 occurrences380–367 Mya — about 9 occurrences367–354 Mya — about 17 occurrences354–340 Mya — about 54 occurrences340–327 Mya — about 98 occurrences327–314 Mya — about 55 occurrences314–301 Mya — about 117 occurrences301–288 Mya — about 382 occurrences288–275 Mya — about 286 occurrences275–262 Mya — about 437 occurrences262–248 Mya — about 289 occurrences91–78 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences78–65 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences450.2 Mya83.6 Mya459 Mya65 Mya

1,816 occurrences of Acanthocladiidae on record, most of them in the Permian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,816 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

296 formations

Wreford — 39.06°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.47°N, 96.41°WWreford — 37.24°N, 96.61°WWreford — 39.33°N, 96.53°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.23°WWreford — 38.70°N, 96.50°WWreford — 38.22°N, 96.43°WWreford — 38.41°N, 96.56°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.75°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.57°WWreford — 37.81°N, 96.54°WWreford — 38.97°N, 96.86°WWreford — 38.14°N, 96.59°WWreford — 38.66°N, 96.27°WWreford — 39.69°N, 96.64°WWreford — 38.36°N, 96.75°WWreford — 38.04°N, 96.42°WWreford — 37.31°N, 96.72°WWreford — 38.13°N, 96.54°WWreford — 37.62°N, 96.56°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.43°WWreford — 38.15°N, 96.56°WWreford — 39.84°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.13°WWreford — 39.48°N, 96.07°WWreford — 38.40°N, 96.53°WWreford — 38.09°N, 96.39°WWreford — 38.18°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.27°N, 96.38°WWreford — 38.60°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.87°N, 96.24°WWreford — 39.12°N, 96.26°WKazan — 57.54°N, 49.29°EKazan — 64.55°N, 43.98°EKazan — 65.81°N, 43.60°EKazan — 56.67°N, 49.08°EKazan — 57.35°N, 48.83°EKazan — 66.05°N, 43.50°EKazan — 57.61°N, 49.04°EKazan — 57.98°N, 49.11°EKazan — 57.50°N, 49.00°EKazan — 55.61°N, 51.55°EKazan — 57.42°N, 48.90°EKazan — 55.37°N, 49.09°EKazan — 57.47°N, 49.08°EKazan — 67.70°N, 45.65°EKazan — 64.40°N, 44.25°EKazan — 55.78°N, 48.95°EKazan — 57.12°N, 50.01°EKazan — 57.60°N, 49.13°EKazan — 56.32°N, 51.05°EKazan — 56.24°N, 51.28°EKazan — 66.08°N, 43.28°EKazan — 57.67°N, 49.16°EKazan — 65.50°N, 45.50°EKazan — 53.42°N, 49.49°EFord — 54.88°N, 1.38°WFord — 54.74°N, 1.27°WFord — 54.83°N, 1.37°WFord — 55.05°N, 1.44°WFord — 54.76°N, 1.29°WRoad Canyon — 30.22°N, 103.44°WRoad Canyon — 30.37°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.34°N, 103.25°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.27°WSkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.43°WSkinner Ranch — 30.38°N, 103.21°WToroweap — 36.54°N, 114.62°WToroweap — 36.42°N, 114.58°WToroweap — 35.99°N, 115.30°WBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WZechstein — 54.32°N, 14.07°EZechstein — 51.40°N, 10.75°EZechstein — 50.69°N, 11.56°EZechstein — 51.25°N, 12.60°EZechstein — 50.91°N, 10.42°EZechstein — 50.90°N, 12.13°EZechstein — 50.72°N, 11.65°EZechstein — 50.89°N, 12.16°EWargal — 33.00°N, 72.00°EWargal — 32.41°N, 72.10°EWargal — 32.45°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.61°N, 71.76°EWargal — 32.40°N, 72.25°EWargal — 32.53°N, 71.32°EWargal — 32.24°N, 71.15°EWargal — 32.53°N, 72.20°EWargal — 32.42°N, 71.27°EWargal — 32.55°N, 72.40°EWargal — 33.05°N, 71.46°ECathedral Mountain — 30.25°N, 103.37°WCathedral Mountain — 30.30°N, 103.30°WCathedral Mountain — 30.39°N, 103.16°WCathedral Mountain — 30.41°N, 103.12°WEdwardsville — 39.50°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.75°N, 86.67°WEdwardsville — 39.25°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.00°N, 86.25°WEdwardsville — 39.04°N, 86.50°WWinchell — 31.50°N, 98.58°WWinchell — 33.03°N, 98.07°WKapp Starostin — 77.71°N, 14.69°EKapp Starostin — 78.08°N, 13.80°EKapp Starostin — 78.59°N, 14.94°EGnishik — 39.73°N, 45.15°EGnishik — 39.83°N, 45.06°EGnishik — 39.54°N, 45.43°EGnishik — 39.95°N, 44.94°EGnishik — 39.56°N, 45.40°EGnishik — 39.95°N, 44.90°EGreat Bear Cape — 77.36°N, 87.61°WGreat Bear Cape — 77.60°N, 86.35°WGreat Bear Cape — 81.30°N, 92.35°WNaujoji Akmené — 55.20°N, 22.20°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.17°N, 21.87°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.67°N, 21.75°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.98°N, 22.25°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.93°N, 23.28°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.25°N, 22.27°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.25°N, 22.53°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.25°N, 22.65°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.40°N, 23.25°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.77°N, 23.65°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.25°N, 25.62°EPottawatomie — 39.10°N, 94.57°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°WPottawatomie — 38.94°N, 95.10°WCopacabana — 19.12°S, 64.70°WCopacabana — 16.32°S, 68.67°WCopacabana — 15.78°S, 69.00°WCopacabana — 16.10°S, 69.07°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WRat Buri — 7.38°N, 99.29°ERat Buri — 13.53°N, 99.70°ERat Buri — 13.62°N, 99.74°EChili — 33.92°N, 56.47°EChili — 33.27°N, 56.16°EJamal — 32.87°N, 50.07°EJamal — 33.39°N, 57.34°EBazardarin — 37.97°N, 73.85°EBazardarin — 37.89°N, 74.03°EBazardarin — 37.72°N, 74.54°EBazardarin — 38.06°N, 74.06°EBazardarin — 38.08°N, 73.89°EOmolon — 64.50°N, 161.10°EOmolon — 63.40°N, 161.50°EOmolon — 67.50°N, 154.00°EOmolon — 67.48°N, 154.07°EOmolon — 67.30°N, 167.00°EOmolon — 63.80°N, 160.00°EOmolon — 64.95°N, 154.60°EOmolon — 64.45°N, 157.10°EChandalaz — 43.44°N, 132.41°EChandalaz — 44.75°N, 131.20°EChandalaz — 44.60°N, 133.35°E

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The named rock units Acanthocladiidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 272 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 195 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Acanthocladiidae and its relatives

Permian

Where Acanthocladiidae and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

2,130 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,036 sites for Acanthocladiidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

280 references

Each of the 1,816 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 268 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Penniretepora spinosa (Pocta, 1894)

Source
GBIF
Credit
via GBIF
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Acanthocladiidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itFenestellina through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Zittel 1880