Archaeorthis

Archaeorthis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ArchaeorthidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Orthida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Orthida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Orthida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 28 million years on record.

The record covers at least 486.85 Mya to 458.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 497 Mya to 449.5 Mya.

Cambrian — about 2 of 65 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 63 of 65 occurrencesOrdovician498–496 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences496–495 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences495–493 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences493–491 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences491–490 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences490–488 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences488–486 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences486–485 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences485–483 Mya — about 2 occurrences483–481 Mya — about 2 occurrences481–480 Mya — about 4 occurrences480–478 Mya — about 4 occurrences478–477 Mya — about 4 occurrences477–475 Mya — about 5 occurrences475–473 Mya — about 8 occurrences473–472 Mya — about 8 occurrences472–470 Mya — about 5 occurrences470–468 Mya — about 2 occurrences468–467 Mya — about 2 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 2 occurrences465–463 Mya — about 2 occurrences463–462 Mya — about 2 occurrences462–460 Mya — about 2 occurrences460–458 Mya — about 2 occurrences458–457 Mya — about 1 occurrence457–455 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences455–453 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences453–452 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences452–450 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences450–449 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences486.85 Mya458.2 Mya497.9 Mya448.6 Mya

65 occurrences of Archaeorthis on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

65 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

22 formations

Ninemile — 39.10°N, 116.26°WNinemile — 37.00°N, 116.00°WNinemile — 39.00°N, 116.00°WNinemile — 38.28°N, 116.42°WNinemile — 36.65°N, 116.17°WNinemile — 37.34°N, 115.38°WNinemile — 36.79°N, 117.54°WNinemile — 37.12°N, 116.50°WNinemile — 36.27°N, 115.68°WNinemile — 39.20°N, 116.25°WCape Weber — 73.78°N, 24.63°WCape Weber — 73.74°N, 24.59°WCape Weber — 73.53°N, 24.71°WBugryshikha — 52.25°N, 87.50°EBugryshikha — 51.28°N, 82.79°EVoskresenka — 51.44°N, 83.15°EVoskresenka — 51.62°N, 82.62°EVoskresenka — 51.55°N, 82.93°ESmithville — 37.42°N, 89.30°WSan Juan — 31.00°S, 69.00°WSan Juan — 30.00°S, 69.00°WUzunbulak — 43.91°N, 75.44°EUzunbulak — 43.92°N, 75.25°EKarmberg — 42.75°S, 146.57°EKarmberg — 42.68°S, 146.47°EAlum Shale — 58.38°N, 14.70°EKarasa — 52.22°N, 87.01°EKarasa — 52.02°N, 87.12°EHighgate — 44.48°N, 73.21°WShineton Shale — 52.63°N, 2.58°WUjgur — 68.00°N, 88.00°EBjorkasholmen — 59.73°N, 9.87°EDounans Limestone — 56.00°N, 4.00°WTourmakeady — 53.69°N, 9.37°WAlakul — 44.83°N, 74.10°EBjørkasholmen — 59.79°N, 10.50°EKirtonryggen — 79.85°N, 17.67°EBjorkasholmen or Tøyen — 60.91°N, 10.70°ETuloi — 52.02°N, 87.12°EGarden City — 39.08°N, 116.25°W

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The named rock units Archaeorthis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Archaeorthis and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Archaeorthis and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

417 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 64 sites for Archaeorthis, and this reads all 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

26 references

Each of the 65 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. 14 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 Archaeorthis

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Schuchert and Cooper 1931