Biernatia

No picture of Biernatia was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Biernatia, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BiernatidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Acrotretida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Acrotretida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Acrotretida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Lingulata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 26 million years on record.

The record covers at least 475.6 Mya to 449 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 482.9 Mya to 443.1 Mya.

Ordovician — about 56 of 56 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 56 occurrences484–482 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences482–481 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences481–480 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences480–478 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences478–477 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences477–475 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences475–474 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences474–473 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 1 occurrence471–470 Mya — about 5 occurrences470–469 Mya — about 3 occurrences469–467 Mya — about 2 occurrences467–466 Mya — about 2 occurrences466–464 Mya — about 2 occurrences464–463 Mya — about 3 occurrences463–462 Mya — about 3 occurrences462–460 Mya — about 6 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 6 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 3 occurrences457–456 Mya — about 1 occurrence456–455 Mya — about 1 occurrence455–453 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences453–452 Mya — about 1 occurrence452–451 Mya — about 4 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 3 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 1 occurrence448–446 Mya — about 1 occurrence446–445 Mya — about 1 occurrence445–444 Mya — about 1 occurrence444–442 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences475.6 Mya449 Mya483.7 Mya442.3 Mya

56 occurrences of Biernatia 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

56 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

28 formations

Valhallfonna — 79.85°N, 17.67°ELeetse — 59.88°N, 31.59°ESeby Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EMalongulli — 33.10°S, 148.87°ETucklan — 32.87°S, 148.85°EToila — 59.44°N, 27.31°EQumes — 36.21°N, 54.23°EMossen — 58.38°N, 13.82°EMossen — 58.48°N, 13.10°ESlandrom — 58.38°N, 13.82°ESlandrom — 58.17°N, 13.53°EHolen Limestone — 58.38°N, 13.82°EHolen Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EVåmb — 58.38°N, 13.82°ERyd Limestone — 58.38°N, 13.82°EFurudal — 62.97°N, 14.48°EFurudal — 60.92°N, 15.09°ESegerstad Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EFolkeslunda Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EDalby Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EDalby Limestone — 60.92°N, 15.09°ELas Aguaditas — 30.27°S, 68.82°WBallingoole Limestone — 33.10°S, 148.87°EOakdale — 33.10°S, 148.87°ELashkarak — 36.21°N, 54.23°EPratt Ferry — 33.02°N, 87.08°WBestorp — 58.38°N, 13.82°EGullhögen — 58.38°N, 13.82°EDalby — 58.38°N, 13.82°E

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The named rock units Biernatia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed.

Biernatia and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Biernatia and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

228 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 52 sites for Biernatia, 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

10 references

Each of the 56 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. 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 content0

No picture of Biernatia was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Biernatia, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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. Holmer 1989