Drepanodus

Drepanodus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ProtopanderodontidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Conodonta
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Conodonta
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Conodonta
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Conodonta

Time the record covers

At least 118 million years on record.

The record covers at least 486.85 Mya to 368.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 490.2 Mya to 358.86 Mya.

Cambrian — about 2 of 270 occurrencesOrdovician — about 191 of 270 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 61 of 270 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 16 of 270 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 270 occurrences493–488 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences488–484 Mya — about 19 occurrences484–479 Mya — about 28 occurrences479–475 Mya — about 29 occurrences475–470 Mya — about 36 occurrences470–466 Mya — about 28 occurrences466–461 Mya — about 16 occurrences461–456 Mya — about 17 occurrences456–452 Mya — about 6 occurrences452–447 Mya — about 7 occurrences447–443 Mya — about 6 occurrences443–438 Mya — about 22 occurrences438–434 Mya — about 23 occurrences434–429 Mya — about 6 occurrences429–425 Mya — about 3 occurrences425–420 Mya — about 5 occurrences420–415 Mya — about 3 occurrences415–411 Mya — about 4 occurrences411–406 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences397–393 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences393–388 Mya — about 2 occurrences388–384 Mya — about 1 occurrence384–379 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences379–374 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences374–370 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences370–365 Mya — about 4 occurrences365–361 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences361–356 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences486.85 Mya368.5 Mya493 Mya356 Mya

270 occurrences of Drepanodus 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

270 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

86 formations

March — 44.49°N, 75.82°WMarch — 44.55°N, 75.77°WMarch — 44.60°N, 75.70°WEsill Shale — 37.70°N, 83.97°WEsill Shale — 37.80°N, 84.08°WEsill Shale — 38.22°N, 83.65°WEsill Shale — 38.55°N, 83.57°WEsill Shale — 38.58°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.73°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.77°N, 83.42°WBrassfield — 39.77°N, 85.47°WBrassfield — 39.37°N, 85.44°WBrassfield — 38.87°N, 85.19°WBrassfield — 38.75°N, 85.44°WBrassfield — 38.63°N, 85.45°WBrassfield — 38.60°N, 85.51°WBrassfield — 38.56°N, 85.63°WBrassfield — 38.48°N, 85.51°WBrassfield — 38.67°N, 85.46°WBrassfield — 38.34°N, 86.07°WBrassfield — 38.07°N, 85.74°WBrassfield — 38.04°N, 85.81°WGreen Point — 49.85°N, 57.80°WZitai — 30.28°N, 117.37°EDawan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EDeadwood — 47.42°N, 105.59°WDeadwood — 47.15°N, 110.22°WDeadwood — 47.98°N, 102.92°WSalamonie — 39.37°N, 85.44°WSalamonie — 39.10°N, 85.36°WSalamonie — 38.96°N, 85.48°WSalamonie — 38.47°N, 85.63°WSalamonie — 38.34°N, 86.07°WSalamonie — 38.04°N, 85.81°WKomstad — 56.42°N, 13.20°ELas Aguaditas — 30.36°S, 68.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.09°N, 116.85°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 38.82°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 37.30°N, 115.80°WShan Majiagou — 39.67°N, 118.26°EShan Majiagou — 36.00°N, 114.00°EShan Majiagou — 36.00°N, 112.00°EShan Majiagou — 35.00°N, 112.00°EHonghuayuan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EHonghuayuan — 32.00°N, 119.00°ESan Juan — 30.00°S, 69.00°WSan Juan — 30.36°S, 68.80°WWuzhishan — 24.45°N, 108.30°EUst’Kut — 60.00°N, 116.00°EUst’Kut — 61.00°N, 114.00°EUst’Kut — 60.00°N, 118.00°EUpper Setul Limestone — 6.40°N, 99.90°EShallow Bay — 49.96°N, 57.77°WGuniutan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EGuniutan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EFengxiang — 33.00°N, 111.00°ELianjiashan — 40.00°N, 118.00°ELianjiashan — 39.00°N, 118.00°ELianjiashan — 39.00°N, 115.00°EFillmore — 39.84°N, 113.46°WSalamonie Dolomite — 40.03°N, 85.34°WSalamonie Dolomite — 38.66°N, 85.72°WSalamonie Dolomite — 38.56°N, 85.63°WBainbridge — 37.83°N, 89.88°W

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The named rock units Drepanodus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 62 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Drepanodus and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Drepanodus and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,108 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 179 sites for Drepanodus, 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

64 references

Each of the 270 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. 52 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 Drepanodus

Credit
USGS
Licence
Public Domain
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. Pander 1856