Coelospira

Coelospira

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CoelospirinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 45 million years on record.

The record covers at least 438.6 Mya to 393.47 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 382.31 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 244 occurrencesSilurian — about 140 of 244 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 104 of 244 occurrencesDevonian444–442 Mya — about 2 occurrences442–440 Mya — about 14 occurrences440–438 Mya — about 41 occurrences438–436 Mya — about 13 occurrences436–434 Mya — about 13 occurrences434–432 Mya — about 7 occurrences432–430 Mya — about 3 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 3 occurrences427–425 Mya — about 8 occurrences425–423 Mya — about 12 occurrences423–421 Mya — about 12 occurrences421–419 Mya — about 12 occurrences419–417 Mya — about 8 occurrences417–415 Mya — about 8 occurrences415–413 Mya — about 9 occurrences413–411 Mya — about 18 occurrences411–408 Mya — about 3 occurrences408–406 Mya — about 3 occurrences406–404 Mya — about 3 occurrences404–402 Mya — about 3 occurrences402–400 Mya — about 3 occurrences400–398 Mya — about 3 occurrences398–396 Mya — about 3 occurrences396–394 Mya — about 3 occurrences394–392 Mya — about 12 occurrences392–390 Mya — about 13 occurrences390–387 Mya — about 10 occurrences387–385 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences385–383 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences438.6 Mya393.47 Mya444 Mya381 Mya

244 occurrences of Coelospira 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

244 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

64 formations

Onondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.07°WOnondaga — 42.08°N, 73.97°WOnondaga — 42.26°N, 73.90°WOnondaga — 41.93°N, 74.03°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.04°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WReynales — 43.16°N, 79.05°WReynales — 43.18°N, 78.72°WReynales — 43.21°N, 78.51°WReynales — 43.20°N, 77.62°WReynales — 43.21°N, 77.52°WReynales — 43.23°N, 77.33°WReynales — 43.26°N, 77.16°WReynales — 43.26°N, 77.06°WReynales — 43.25°N, 77.02°WHenryhouse — 35.00°N, 97.00°WHenryhouse — 34.60°N, 97.03°WHenryhouse — 34.62°N, 96.63°WHenryhouse — 34.66°N, 96.68°WHenryhouse — 34.34°N, 97.33°WHenryhouse — 34.39°N, 97.12°WHenryhouse — 34.11°N, 97.20°WHenryhouse — 34.68°N, 96.76°WHenryhouse — 34.77°N, 96.67°WRabbit Hill Limestone — 39.20°N, 116.42°WRabbit Hill Limestone — 40.13°N, 116.40°WSodus — 43.20°N, 77.62°WSodus — 43.22°N, 77.34°WSodus — 43.24°N, 77.02°WSodus — 43.25°N, 77.02°WSodus — 43.25°N, 76.87°WSodus — 43.24°N, 76.80°WSodus — 43.29°N, 76.74°WSodus — 43.28°N, 76.60°WSodus — 43.15°N, 75.56°WFurnaceville — 43.17°N, 77.63°WFurnaceville — 43.23°N, 77.33°WFurnaceville — 43.26°N, 77.16°WFurnaceville — 43.26°N, 77.06°WFurnaceville — 43.25°N, 77.02°WFurnaceville — 43.29°N, 76.74°WFurnaceville — 43.31°N, 76.58°WBear Creek — 43.29°N, 76.74°WBear Creek — 43.31°N, 76.58°WLos Espejos — 30.25°S, 68.75°WLos Espejos — 30.00°S, 69.00°WLos Espejos — 31.92°S, 68.95°WRose Hill — 39.66°N, 77.93°WRose Hill — 39.65°N, 78.76°WRose Hill — 39.57°N, 78.84°WRose Hill — 37.20°N, 79.95°WRose Hill — 36.97°N, 82.57°WSauquoit — 43.21°N, 75.46°WSauquoit — 43.13°N, 75.59°WSauquoit — 43.03°N, 75.28°WHaragan — 34.48°N, 96.50°WMcColley Canyon — 40.13°N, 116.10°WMcColley Canyon — 39.93°N, 116.30°WMcColley Canyon — 40.16°N, 116.06°WNeahga — 43.16°N, 79.05°WWolcott — 43.23°N, 77.21°WWolcott — 43.23°N, 76.98°WWolcott — 43.24°N, 76.80°WWolcott — 43.14°N, 75.58°WDevon Island — 76.28°N, 92.70°WUkalunda Beds — 20.85°S, 147.17°EMaplewood — 43.19°N, 77.55°WMaplewood — 43.29°N, 76.74°WNeahga Shale — 36.68°N, 83.13°WWindmill Limestone — 38.87°N, 117.92°WWindmill Limestone — 40.13°N, 116.40°WGarra — 32.58°S, 148.95°EGarra — 33.95°S, 148.82°EBuchan Caves Limestone — 37.50°S, 148.18°EBuchan Caves Limestone — 37.12°S, 147.83°EPonta Grossa — 25.08°S, 50.15°WPonta Grossa — 24.25°S, 49.70°WTaemas — 34.95°S, 148.82°EOatka — 42.60°N, 74.33°W

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The named rock units Coelospira has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 40 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 35 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Coelospira and its relatives

Silurian

Where Coelospira and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

1,299 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 234 sites for Coelospira, 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

60 references

Each of the 244 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. 48 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 content1

Picture of Coelospira

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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. Hall 1863