Cystoporida

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.

Cystoporida

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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 230 million years on record.

The record covers at least 464.3 Mya to 233.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 227.3 Mya.

Ordovician — about 2 of 842 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 842 occurrencesDevonian — about 160 of 842 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 287 of 842 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 392 of 842 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 842 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 842 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 1 of 842 occurrences476–468 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences468–459 Mya — about 1 occurrence459–451 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences417–409 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences409–400 Mya — about 2 occurrences400–392 Mya — about 9 occurrences392–383 Mya — about 117 occurrences383–375 Mya — about 29 occurrences375–366 Mya — about 2 occurrences366–358 Mya — about 3 occurrences358–349 Mya — about 23 occurrences349–341 Mya — about 70 occurrences341–332 Mya — about 73 occurrences332–324 Mya — about 51 occurrences324–315 Mya — about 28 occurrences315–307 Mya — about 20 occurrences307–299 Mya — about 21 occurrences299–290 Mya — about 99 occurrences290–282 Mya — about 74 occurrences282–273 Mya — about 34 occurrences273–265 Mya — about 96 occurrences265–256 Mya — about 68 occurrences256–248 Mya — about 20 occurrences239–231 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences231–222 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences464.3 Mya233.6 Mya476 Mya222 Mya

842 occurrences of Cystoporida 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

842 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

195 formations

Ludlowville — 42.76°N, 78.65°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.88°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.70°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 76.50°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.35°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.22°WLudlowville — 42.77°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.75°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.33°WLudlowville — 42.81°N, 75.54°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 75.71°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°WBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 77.25°WMahantango — 40.05°N, 77.52°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 76.92°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.00°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 76.92°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 42.33°N, 83.03°WSalem Limestone — 37.31°N, 85.44°WSalem Limestone — 37.78°N, 85.79°WSalem Limestone — 37.26°N, 85.34°WSalem Limestone — 37.43°N, 85.40°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°WChandalaz — 43.50°N, 132.10°EChandalaz — 43.20°N, 131.50°EChandalaz — 43.30°N, 132.35°EChandalaz — 43.04°N, 133.14°EChandalaz — 44.75°N, 131.20°EChandalaz — 43.85°N, 132.91°EChandalaz — 43.26°N, 132.26°EChandalaz — 43.25°N, 132.00°EChandalaz — 43.72°N, 132.66°EChandalaz — 43.44°N, 132.41°EWreford — 39.06°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.75°WWreford — 38.97°N, 96.86°WWreford — 38.36°N, 96.76°WWreford — 38.15°N, 96.58°WWreford — 38.66°N, 96.25°WWreford — 39.83°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.67°N, 96.46°WWreford — 39.46°N, 96.07°WWreford — 39.37°N, 96.52°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.13°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.22°WWargal — 33.00°N, 72.00°EWargal — 32.25°N, 71.14°EWargal — 32.21°N, 71.06°EWargal — 32.24°N, 71.15°EWargal — 32.53°N, 72.20°EWargal — 32.47°N, 71.97°EWargal — 32.74°N, 71.64°EWargal — 32.40°N, 72.25°EWargal — 32.61°N, 71.76°EWargal — 32.97°N, 71.56°EChili — 33.92°N, 56.47°EChili — 33.27°N, 56.16°EBingleburra — 32.43°S, 151.57°ESan Emiliano — 42.93°N, 5.97°WSan Emiliano — 42.95°N, 5.65°WSan Emiliano — 42.93°N, 5.53°WMoscow — 42.71°N, 78.94°WMoscow — 42.90°N, 78.04°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 77.90°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.83°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.33°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.95°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.57°WKapp Starostin — 77.71°N, 14.69°EKapp Starostin — 78.04°N, 14.06°EKapp Starostin — 78.08°N, 13.80°EKapp Starostin — 78.59°N, 14.94°EKapp Starostin — 78.33°N, 16.82°ERat Buri — 7.38°N, 99.29°ERat Buri — 13.52°N, 99.70°ERat Buri — 13.62°N, 99.74°ECopacabana — 19.12°S, 64.70°WCopacabana — 15.89°S, 68.91°WCopacabana — 16.32°S, 68.67°WCopacabana — 16.10°S, 69.07°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WNordenskioldbreen — 78.53°N, 16.08°ENordenskioldbreen — 78.39°N, 17.07°ECopacabana — 13.53°S, 72.89°WPort Keats — 14.43°S, 129.72°EPort Keats — 14.43°S, 129.57°ETreskelodden — 77.03°N, 16.21°EXiala — 31.05°N, 88.80°ENerminskaya — 66.85°N, 53.70°ENerminskaya — 67.05°N, 52.70°ENerminskaya — 66.97°N, 49.75°EBa'id — 23.38°N, 57.81°EBarabash — 43.29°N, 132.16°EBarabash — 44.45°N, 131.40°EBarabash — 44.75°N, 131.37°EBarabash — 44.42°N, 131.33°E

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The named rock units Cystoporida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 171 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 101 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cystoporida and its relatives

Permian

Where Cystoporida and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,783 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 599 sites for Cystoporida, and this reads 240 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

190 references

Each of the 842 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. 178 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 Cystoporida

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No 3D scan of Cystoporida 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.

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