Bullerichthys fascidens

Bullerichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period. Fossils are found in the Gogo Formation of the Kimberley region of Australia. It was thought to be durophagous, meaning that it preyed upon hard-shelled creatures such as mollusks.

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BullerichthysPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Arthrodira
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Arthrodira
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Arthrodira

Time the record covers

At most 3.4 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 382.31 Mya and 379 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Devonian — about 2 of 2 occurrencesDevonian382–382 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences382–382 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences382–382 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences382–382 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences382–382 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences382–382 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences382–381 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences381–381 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences381–381 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences381–381 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences381–381 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences381–381 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences381–381 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences381–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences380–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences380–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences380–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences380–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences380–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences380–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences380–379 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences379–379 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences379–379 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences379–379 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences382.81 Mya378.5 Mya

2 occurrences of Bullerichthys fascidens 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

2 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

1 formation

Gogo — 18.30°S, 126.50°EGogo — 18.16°S, 124.30°E

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The named rock units Bullerichthys fascidens has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Bullerichthys fascidens and its relatives

Devonian

Where Bullerichthys fascidens and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

33 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 2 sites for Bullerichthys fascidens, 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

1 reference

Each of the 2 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 doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Synchrotron Imaging scan

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Specimen
Bullerichthys fascidens · wam:86.9.703

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The description on this site

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

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What may have been alongside itBullerichthys through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Dennis and Miles 1980