Cystoporata

Cystoporida, also known as Cystoporata or cystoporates, are an extinct order of Paleozoic bryozoans in the class Stenolaemata. Their fossils are found from Ordovician to Triassic strata.

Cystoporata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PalaeostomataPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Bryozoa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 304 million years on record.

The record covers at least 515.3 Mya to 211.18 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 520 Mya to 205.7 Mya.

Cambrian — about 4 of 1749 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 392 of 1749 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 214 of 1749 occurrencesDevonian — about 254 of 1749 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 295 of 1749 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 586 of 1749 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 1749 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 1749 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 4 of 1749 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 1749 occurrences526–515 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences515–504 Mya — about 3 occurrences494–483 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences483–472 Mya — about 2 occurrences472–461 Mya — about 36 occurrences461–450 Mya — about 238 occurrences450–439 Mya — about 120 occurrences439–428 Mya — about 81 occurrences428–417 Mya — about 132 occurrences417–406 Mya — about 47 occurrences406–396 Mya — about 17 occurrences396–385 Mya — about 110 occurrences385–374 Mya — about 68 occurrences374–363 Mya — about 7 occurrences363–352 Mya — about 10 occurrences352–341 Mya — about 69 occurrences341–330 Mya — about 121 occurrences330–319 Mya — about 49 occurrences319–308 Mya — about 23 occurrences308–297 Mya — about 31 occurrences297–287 Mya — about 148 occurrences287–276 Mya — about 74 occurrences276–265 Mya — about 162 occurrences265–254 Mya — about 173 occurrences254–243 Mya — about 24 occurrences243–232 Mya — about 2 occurrences232–221 Mya — about 1 occurrence221–210 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences210–199 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences515.3 Mya211.18 Mya526 Mya199 Mya

1,749 occurrences of Cystoporata on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

1,749 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

367 formations

Bangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WWreford — 39.69°N, 96.64°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.47°N, 96.41°WWreford — 38.70°N, 96.50°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.75°WWreford — 38.22°N, 96.43°WWreford — 39.48°N, 96.07°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.57°WWreford — 38.97°N, 96.86°WWreford — 38.13°N, 96.54°WWreford — 37.81°N, 96.54°WWreford — 38.04°N, 96.42°WWreford — 38.40°N, 96.53°WWreford — 38.09°N, 96.39°WWreford — 38.36°N, 96.75°WWreford — 38.15°N, 96.58°WWreford — 39.02°N, 96.54°WWreford — 39.65°N, 96.52°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.43°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.13°WEdwardsville — 39.50°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.75°N, 86.67°WEdwardsville — 39.25°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.00°N, 86.25°WEdwardsville — 39.04°N, 86.50°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.88°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 42.33°N, 83.03°WSilica — 41.12°N, 84.85°WChandalaz — 44.79°N, 133.68°EChandalaz — 43.20°N, 131.50°EChandalaz — 44.60°N, 133.35°EChandalaz — 43.28°N, 133.40°EChandalaz — 43.25°N, 132.00°EChandalaz — 43.12°N, 131.50°EChandalaz — 43.50°N, 132.50°EChandalaz — 43.04°N, 131.40°EChandalaz — 43.58°N, 132.51°EChandalaz — 43.04°N, 133.14°EChandalaz — 43.85°N, 132.91°EChandalaz — 43.43°N, 132.43°EChandalaz — 44.75°N, 131.20°EChandalaz — 43.26°N, 132.26°ELexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington Limestone — 38.23°N, 84.85°WLexington Limestone — 38.34°N, 84.85°WLexington Limestone — 37.94°N, 84.14°WLexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.95°WFairview — 39.00°N, 84.00°WFairview — 39.01°N, 84.45°WFairview — 39.03°N, 84.51°WFairview — 39.30°N, 84.40°WFairview — 38.68°N, 83.79°WCatheys — 35.62°N, 87.10°WCatheys — 35.18°N, 86.99°WCatheys — 35.50°N, 86.50°WCatheys — 36.32°N, 85.94°WCatheys — 36.37°N, 85.65°WRochester — 43.16°N, 79.05°WRochester — 43.18°N, 78.72°WRochester — 43.16°N, 77.68°WRochester — 43.19°N, 77.56°WRochester — 43.24°N, 77.17°WRochester — 43.22°N, 77.02°WRochester — 43.19°N, 76.91°WRochester — 43.25°N, 76.64°WKazan — 57.54°N, 49.29°EKazan — 65.81°N, 43.60°EKazan — 57.35°N, 48.83°EKazan — 66.05°N, 43.50°EKazan — 57.50°N, 49.00°EKazan — 57.20°N, 49.17°EKazan — 57.42°N, 48.90°EKazan — 64.40°N, 44.25°EKazan — 57.60°N, 49.13°EKazan — 64.28°N, 44.25°EKazan — 56.24°N, 51.28°EKazan — 57.67°N, 49.16°EKazan — 57.60°N, 49.00°EKazan — 53.42°N, 49.49°ERat Buri — 13.98°N, 99.36°ERat Buri — 8.48°N, 98.53°ERat Buri — 7.38°N, 99.30°ERat Buri — 13.46°N, 99.74°EMingan — 50.20°N, 63.30°WMingan — 50.20°N, 63.35°WMingan — 50.22°N, 63.68°WMingan — 50.22°N, 64.13°WMingan — 50.22°N, 64.20°WMingan — 50.32°N, 64.05°WMingan — 50.21°N, 63.80°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.62°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.06°WRochester Shale — 43.10°N, 79.06°WRochester Shale — 43.20°N, 77.53°WRochester Shale — 43.17°N, 78.68°WOverton — 52.48°N, 2.63°WChili — 33.92°N, 56.47°EChili — 33.27°N, 56.16°ELebanza — 42.98°N, 4.58°WFranopol' — 52.00°N, 24.00°EHajier — 38.17°N, 100.23°ELyudyanza — 42.79°N, 132.86°ELyudyanza — 44.79°N, 133.68°ELyudyanza — 48.14°N, 132.46°ELyudyanza — 43.49°N, 132.32°ELyudyanza — 43.57°N, 132.43°ELyudyanza — 43.58°N, 132.51°ELyudyanza — 42.93°N, 132.76°ELyudyanza — 43.28°N, 133.41°ELyudyanza — 43.05°N, 133.10°EKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WRusilov — 52.00°N, 24.00°ECopacabana — 16.32°S, 68.67°WCopacabana — 15.78°S, 69.00°WCopacabana — 16.10°S, 69.07°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WSalem Limestone — 37.31°N, 85.44°WSalem Limestone — 37.79°N, 85.82°WSalem Limestone — 37.26°N, 85.34°WSalem Limestone — 37.33°N, 85.50°WSalem Limestone — 37.18°N, 85.32°WSalem Limestone — 37.19°N, 85.37°WSalem Limestone — 37.55°N, 85.70°WSalem Limestone — 37.05°N, 85.05°WSalem Limestone — 38.06°N, 85.98°WSalem Limestone — 38.03°N, 86.03°W

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The named rock units Cystoporata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 343 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 202 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cystoporata and its relatives

Permian

Where Cystoporata and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,554 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,070 sites for Cystoporata, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

357 references

Each of the 1,749 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. 345 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 Cystoporata

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No 3D scan of Cystoporata was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Astrova 1964