Anthracospirifer

Anthracospirifer

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SergospiriferinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spiriferida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Spiriferida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Spiriferida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 31 million years on record.

The record covers at least 335.4 Mya to 303.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 298.9 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 301 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 301 of 301 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 301 occurrences360–358 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences358–356 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences356–354 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences354–352 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences352–350 Mya — about 1 occurrence350–348 Mya — about 1 occurrence348–346 Mya — about 1 occurrence346–343 Mya — about 1 occurrence343–341 Mya — about 3 occurrences341–339 Mya — about 4 occurrences339–337 Mya — about 4 occurrences337–335 Mya — about 13 occurrences335–333 Mya — about 34 occurrences333–331 Mya — about 34 occurrences331–329 Mya — about 28 occurrences329–327 Mya — about 25 occurrences327–325 Mya — about 16 occurrences325–323 Mya — about 20 occurrences323–321 Mya — about 27 occurrences321–318 Mya — about 26 occurrences318–316 Mya — about 3 occurrences316–314 Mya — about 4 occurrences314–312 Mya — about 8 occurrences312–310 Mya — about 13 occurrences310–308 Mya — about 13 occurrences308–306 Mya — about 11 occurrences306–304 Mya — about 3 occurrences304–302 Mya — about 1 occurrence302–300 Mya — about 1 occurrence300–298 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences335.4 Mya303.7 Mya360 Mya298 Mya

301 occurrences of Anthracospirifer on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

301 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

59 formations

Bangor Limestone — 34.45°N, 87.75°WBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WWatahomigi — 36.18°N, 114.04°WWatahomigi — 36.50°N, 113.60°WWatahomigi — 36.30°N, 113.80°WWatahomigi — 36.16°N, 113.80°WWatahomigi — 36.01°N, 113.84°WWatahomigi — 35.90°N, 113.56°WWatahomigi — 35.80°N, 113.60°WWatahomigi — 35.71°N, 113.38°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.30°WWatahomigi — 36.16°N, 113.17°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.04°WWatahomigi — 36.14°N, 112.89°WBird Spring — 36.27°N, 115.43°WBird Spring — 36.73°N, 114.77°WBird Spring — 34.51°N, 115.42°WHindsville — 35.91°N, 93.05°WHindsville — 36.30°N, 93.23°WHindsville — 35.94°N, 93.39°WSausbee — 35.76°N, 95.20°WSausbee — 35.55°N, 95.17°WSausbee — 35.75°N, 94.89°WSausbee — 35.63°N, 95.06°WAmsden — 43.00°N, 107.00°WAmsden — 43.77°N, 110.88°WAmsden — 41.81°N, 107.30°WAmsden — 41.83°N, 107.24°WAmsden — 42.59°N, 108.67°WAmsden — 44.17°N, 106.85°WAmsden — 45.75°N, 112.00°WBeech Creek — 39.21°N, 86.82°WBeech Creek — 39.14°N, 86.87°WBeech Creek — 39.05°N, 86.81°WBeech Creek — 38.95°N, 86.73°WBeech Creek — 38.94°N, 86.76°WBeech Creek — 38.83°N, 86.69°WBeech Creek — 38.71°N, 86.70°WBeech Creek — 38.60°N, 86.66°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.70°N, 86.81°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.37°N, 86.48°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.22°N, 86.55°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.15°N, 86.37°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.03°N, 86.53°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.10°N, 86.48°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.38°N, 86.61°WGlen Dean Limestone — 37.87°N, 86.62°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.89°N, 86.90°WHeath — 47.00°N, 109.28°WHeath — 47.13°N, 109.56°WHeath — 46.92°N, 109.09°WHeath — 46.67°N, 109.13°WGolconda — 39.08°N, 86.82°WGolconda — 38.66°N, 86.73°WGolconda — 38.65°N, 86.75°WGolconda — 38.23°N, 86.54°WGolconda — 38.10°N, 86.48°WGolconda — 37.99°N, 86.56°WGolconda — 37.93°N, 86.57°WGarcia — 33.20°N, 107.32°WPitkin — 35.92°N, 94.20°WPitkin — 35.75°N, 95.20°WPitkin — 35.76°N, 94.81°WCherokee Shale — 37.07°N, 95.13°WCherokee Shale — 37.64°N, 94.66°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.95°WCherokee Shale — 37.11°N, 94.82°WWhiskey Canyon Limestone — 33.20°N, 107.32°WArco Hills — 43.63°N, 113.30°WArco Hills — 43.87°N, 112.88°WArco Hills — 43.72°N, 113.52°WMonroe Canyon — 43.83°N, 111.48°WHale — 36.01°N, 94.19°WHale — 35.77°N, 94.47°WParadise — 31.93°N, 109.22°WParadise — 31.93°N, 100.22°WSurrett Canyon — 44.25°N, 113.80°WSurrett Canyon — 44.38°N, 113.87°WSurrett Canyon — 44.37°N, 113.82°WSurrett Canyon — 44.22°N, 113.50°WItaituba — 4.00°S, 56.00°WItaituba — 4.30°S, 56.22°WTunnel Mountain — 50.48°N, 114.71°WFraileys Shale — 39.00°N, 90.58°WFraileys Shale — 37.52°N, 88.15°WFraileys Shale — 37.33°N, 88.50°WApodaca — 32.78°N, 107.27°WArrey — 32.78°N, 107.27°W

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The named rock units Anthracospirifer has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 35 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 12 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Anthracospirifer and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Anthracospirifer and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

893 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 248 sites for Anthracospirifer, 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

55 references

Each of the 301 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. 43 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 Anthracospirifer

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No 3D scan of Anthracospirifer was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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 itSergospiriferinae through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lane 1963