Axolithophyllum

Axolithophyllum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GeyerophyllidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rugosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rugosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rugosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Rugosa

Time the record covers

At least 8.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 307 Mya to 298.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 315.2 Mya to 293.52 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 2 of 3 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1 of 3 occurrencesPermian316–315 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences315–314 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences314–313 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences313–313 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences313–312 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences312–311 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences311–310 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences310–310 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences310–309 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences309–308 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences308–307 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences307–307 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–298 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences298–298 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences298–297 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences297–296 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences296–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–294 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences294–293 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences307 Mya298.9 Mya315.7 Mya293 Mya

3 occurrences of Axolithophyllum 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

3 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

2 formations

Cuera Limestone — 43.45°N, 4.92°WMaping — 25.30°N, 107.39°E

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The named rock units Axolithophyllum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Axolithophyllum and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Axolithophyllum and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

No other named taxon is catalogued from that site.

The Paleobiology Database records 1 site for Axolithophyllum, and this reads all of them.

Entered from

3 references

Each of the 3 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Axolithophyllum

Source
iDigBio
Credit
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Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Axolithophyllum 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 itGeyerophyllidae through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Fomichev 1953