Atrypa reticularis

Atrypa is a genus of brachiopod with round to short egg-shaped shells covered with many fine radial ridges. Growth lines form perpendicular to the costae and are spaced approximately 2 to 3 times further apart than the costae.. The pedunculate valve is slightly convex, but oftentimes levels out or becomes slightly concave toward the anterior margin. The brachial valve is highly convex. Neither valve contains an interarea. Atrypa had a large geographic range and occurred from the late Lower Silurian (Telychian) to the early Upper Devonian (Frasnian). Other sources expand the range from the Late Ordovician to Carboniferous, approximately from 449 to 336 Ma. A proposed new species, A. harrisi, was found in the trilobite-rich Floresta Formation in Boyacá, Colombia.

Atrypa reticularis

Dwergenpaartje · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. 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
AtrypaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Atrypida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Atrypida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Atrypida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 55 million years on record.

The record covers at least 438.1 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 358.86 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 493 occurrencesSilurian — about 323 of 493 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 170 of 493 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 493 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 4 occurrences442–439 Mya — about 10 occurrences439–436 Mya — about 32 occurrences436–433 Mya — about 36 occurrences433–430 Mya — about 92 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 58 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 50 occurrences424–421 Mya — about 30 occurrences421–419 Mya — about 22 occurrences419–416 Mya — about 22 occurrences416–413 Mya — about 12 occurrences413–410 Mya — about 16 occurrences410–407 Mya — about 2 occurrences407–404 Mya — about 2 occurrences404–401 Mya — about 2 occurrences401–398 Mya — about 2 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 2 occurrences395–392 Mya — about 14 occurrences392–389 Mya — about 30 occurrences389–386 Mya — about 23 occurrences386–383 Mya — about 16 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 9 occurrences381–378 Mya — about 2 occurrences378–375 Mya — about 1 occurrence375–372 Mya — about 1 occurrence372–369 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences369–366 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences366–363 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences363–360 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences360–357 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences438.1 Mya382.31 Mya445 Mya357 Mya

493 occurrences of Atrypa reticularis on record, most of them in the Silurian. 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

493 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

160 formations

Onondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.97°N, 76.14°WOnondaga — 42.18°N, 73.95°WOnondaga — 42.08°N, 73.97°WOnondaga — 42.26°N, 73.90°WOnondaga — 41.93°N, 74.03°WOnondaga — 42.59°N, 74.93°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.04°WOnondaga — 42.55°N, 73.94°WOnondaga — 42.90°N, 76.02°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WRochester — 43.16°N, 79.05°WRochester — 43.18°N, 78.72°WRochester — 43.16°N, 77.68°WRochester — 43.19°N, 77.56°WRochester — 43.23°N, 77.21°WRochester — 43.22°N, 77.02°WRochester — 43.19°N, 76.91°WRochester — 43.22°N, 76.81°WRochester — 43.25°N, 76.64°WIrondequoit — 43.12°N, 79.07°WIrondequoit — 43.16°N, 79.05°WIrondequoit — 43.18°N, 78.72°WIrondequoit — 43.20°N, 77.62°WIrondequoit — 43.23°N, 77.21°WIrondequoit — 43.23°N, 76.98°WIrondequoit — 43.21°N, 76.88°WIrondequoit — 43.24°N, 76.80°WIrondequoit — 43.26°N, 76.70°WRoberts Mountain — 39.94°N, 116.32°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°WScotch Grove — 41.92°N, 90.92°WScotch Grove — 41.90°N, 90.60°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 90.50°WScotch Grove — 42.12°N, 91.13°WScotch Grove — 42.48°N, 90.87°WScotch Grove — 41.85°N, 90.18°WCoopers Creek Limestone — 38.15°S, 146.47°ERochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.06°WRochester Shale — 43.16°N, 77.62°WRochester Shale — 43.10°N, 79.06°WRochester Shale — 43.20°N, 77.53°WRochester Shale — 43.17°N, 78.68°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.72°WRochester Shale — 43.22°N, 76.82°WRochester Shale — 39.65°N, 78.76°WWaldron Shale — 39.00°N, 86.00°WWaldron Shale — 39.45°N, 85.67°WCoeymans — 42.67°N, 74.32°WCoeymans — 42.86°N, 74.80°WCoeymans — 42.91°N, 74.87°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WPaprieniai — 55.25°N, 23.15°EPaprieniai — 55.20°N, 23.87°EPaprieniai — 55.68°N, 25.37°ERoberts Mountains — 39.95°N, 116.31°WRoberts Mountains — 39.90°N, 116.36°WWilliamson Shale — 43.22°N, 77.19°WWilliamson Shale — 43.22°N, 76.82°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 78.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 77.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 76.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 75.00°WUpper Bringewood — 52.00°N, 3.00°WMuch Wenlock — 53.00°N, 2.00°WMuch Wenlock — 52.02°N, 2.57°WMuch Wenlock — 51.72°N, 2.90°WMuch Wenlock — 52.00°N, 2.00°WMuch Wenlock — 52.03°N, 2.42°WMuch Wenlock — 52.60°N, 2.55°WRoss Brook — 45.62°N, 61.97°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.84°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WDubysa — 54.65°N, 23.03°EDubysa — 55.08°N, 25.42°EDubysa — 56.30°N, 23.80°ELa Vieille — 48.18°N, 64.97°WLa Vieille — 47.83°N, 65.50°WLa Vieille — 47.75°N, 67.00°WLa Vieille — 48.20°N, 64.84°WHopkinton — 43.00°N, 91.00°WHopkinton — 42.50°N, 91.50°WHopkinton — 42.17°N, 90.58°WRoss Point — 45.62°N, 61.97°WCanon de Caballeros — 23.77°N, 99.27°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.00°WHemse Beds — 57.23°N, 18.37°EHemse Beds — 57.28°N, 18.32°EHemse Beds — 57.37°N, 18.69°EHemse Beds — 57.31°N, 18.37°E

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The named rock units Atrypa reticularis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 136 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 41 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Atrypa reticularis and its relatives

Silurian

Where Atrypa reticularis and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

1,436 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 478 sites for Atrypa reticularis, 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

108 references

Each of the 493 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. 96 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 content2

Picture of Atrypa reticularis

Credit
Dwergenpaartje
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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. (Linnaeus 1758)