Aulopora

Aulopora is an extinct genus of tabulate coral characterized by a bifurcated budding pattern and conical corallites. Colonies commonly encrust hard substrates such as rocks, shells and carbonate hardgrounds.

Aulopora

Wilson44691 · Public Domain · 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
AuloporidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Auloporida
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Auloporida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Auloporida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa

Time the record covers

At least 192 million years on record.

The record covers at least 457.2 Mya to 264.28 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 458.2 Mya to 259.857 Mya.

Ordovician — about 13 of 305 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 46 of 305 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 210 of 305 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 28 of 305 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 8 of 305 occurrencesPermian462–455 Mya — about 2 occurrences455–448 Mya — about 11 occurrences448–442 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences442–435 Mya — about 6 occurrences435–428 Mya — about 12 occurrences428–421 Mya — about 26 occurrences421–414 Mya — about 11 occurrences414–407 Mya — about 10 occurrences407–400 Mya — about 6 occurrences400–393 Mya — about 9 occurrences393–387 Mya — about 60 occurrences387–380 Mya — about 82 occurrences380–373 Mya — about 27 occurrences373–366 Mya — about 5 occurrences366–359 Mya — about 2 occurrences359–352 Mya — about 11 occurrences352–345 Mya — about 6 occurrences345–338 Mya — about 2 occurrences338–332 Mya — about 2 occurrences332–325 Mya — about 2 occurrences325–318 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences318–311 Mya — about 2 occurrences311–304 Mya — about 1 occurrence304–297 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences290–283 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences283–277 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences277–270 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences270–263 Mya — about 5 occurrences263–256 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences457.2 Mya264.28 Mya462 Mya256 Mya

305 occurrences of Aulopora on record, most of them in the Devonian. 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

305 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

129 formations

Geneseo — 42.67°N, 75.59°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 76.17°WGeneseo — 42.61°N, 75.30°WGeneseo — 42.54°N, 75.21°WGeneseo — 42.62°N, 75.37°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.86°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 41.12°N, 84.85°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WMartin — 34.75°N, 112.11°WMartin — 34.75°N, 112.13°WMartin — 34.88°N, 112.07°WMartin — 34.45°N, 111.84°WTin Mountain — 36.35°N, 116.53°WTin Mountain — 36.54°N, 117.04°WTin Mountain — 36.76°N, 117.48°WTin Mountain — 36.39°N, 117.43°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 74.54°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 75.18°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.70°WDawson Bay — 52.89°N, 101.06°WDawson Bay — 51.65°N, 99.81°WDawson Bay — 53.00°N, 101.00°WDawson Bay — 52.88°N, 101.05°WDawson Bay — 51.57°N, 99.78°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.77°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.74°N, 75.54°WSadler Limestone — 18.00°S, 125.50°ETully — 42.83°N, 75.78°WTully — 42.53°N, 76.53°WTully — 42.53°N, 74.81°WHemse Beds — 57.28°N, 18.32°EHemse Beds — 57.37°N, 18.69°EHemse Beds — 57.23°N, 18.37°EAisemont — 50.58°N, 5.65°EAisemont — 50.57°N, 5.33°ECoopers Creek Limestone — 38.15°S, 146.47°ELodgepole — 46.96°N, 110.49°WLodgepole — 43.83°N, 111.75°WPillara — 17.50°S, 125.00°EPillara — 18.22°S, 126.13°EBlacourt — 50.83°N, 1.77°EFerques — 50.83°N, 1.77°ETabberabbera — 37.78°S, 147.39°EJeffersonville Limestone — 38.50°N, 85.75°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.25°N, 85.77°WEke Beds — 57.17°N, 18.38°EIhmert — 51.26°N, 7.65°EGarra — 33.95°S, 148.82°EBeaulieu — 50.83°N, 1.77°EFukuji — 36.22°N, 137.53°E

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The named rock units Aulopora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 105 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 29 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Aulopora and its relatives

Devonian

Where Aulopora and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

2,483 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 252 sites for Aulopora, 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

128 references

Each of the 305 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. 116 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 Aulopora

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

The description on this site

Licence
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. Goldfuss 1829