Electridae

Electridae is a family of bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida.

Electridae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MembraniporoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Gymnolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 121 million years on record.

The record covers at least 121.4 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 125.77 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Early Cretaceous — about 22 of 118 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 20 of 118 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 13 of 118 occurrencesEocene — about 22 of 118 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 2 of 118 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 11 of 118 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 8 of 118 occurrencesPleistocene — about 20 of 118 occurrences128–124 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 2 occurrences120–115 Mya — about 4 occurrences115–111 Mya — about 2 occurrences111–107 Mya — about 2 occurrences107–103 Mya — about 8 occurrences103–98 Mya — about 6 occurrences98–94 Mya — about 3 occurrences94–90 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences90–86 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences86–81 Mya — about 4 occurrences81–77 Mya — about 5 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 5 occurrences73–68 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences68–64 Mya — about 6 occurrences64–60 Mya — about 8 occurrences60–56 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences56–51 Mya — about 2 occurrences51–47 Mya — about 2 occurrences47–43 Mya — about 2 occurrences43–38 Mya — about 8 occurrences38–34 Mya — about 9 occurrences34–30 Mya — about 2 occurrences30–26 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences26–21 Mya — about 1 occurrence21–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–8.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences8.6–4.3 Mya — about 4 occurrences4.3–0 Mya — about 26 occurrences121.4 Mya129 ka128 Mya0 Mya

118 occurrences of Electridae on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

118 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

40 formations

Mesaverde — 41.72°N, 105.94°WMesaverde — 41.53°N, 106.06°WMesaverde — 41.37°N, 106.00°WMesaverde — 41.33°N, 106.04°WMesaverde — 41.73°N, 105.99°WEnokuchi — 32.32°N, 130.35°EGault — 51.29°N, 0.17°EGault — 51.16°N, 0.93°EGault — 51.08°N, 1.20°EClayton — 31.98°N, 87.22°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.13°WClayton — 37.18°N, 89.07°WClayton — 34.65°N, 92.39°WClayton — 34.73°N, 88.95°WMoodys Branch — 32.32°N, 90.16°WKincaid — 31.31°N, 96.63°WKincaid — 29.35°N, 99.14°WKincaid — 29.33°N, 99.28°WKincaid — 29.21°N, 99.79°WKincaid — 31.74°N, 96.55°WBarton Beds — 50.74°N, 1.69°WAcredale — 36.79°N, 76.17°WJames City — 35.04°N, 76.99°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WBarton Clay — 50.74°N, 1.69°WTalbot — 38.07°N, 76.36°WFaringdon Sand — 51.64°N, 1.59°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WEboshi — 32.34°N, 130.36°EMonterey — 33.59°N, 117.71°WUrgoniana — 40.81°N, 0.85°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WRoca — 39.00°S, 67.56°WRoca — 36.83°S, 69.35°WPachuta Marl — 31.14°N, 87.94°WYazoo — 31.66°N, 92.90°WFruitland — 36.27°N, 108.26°WDenton — 32.83°N, 97.23°WTielrode — 51.12°N, 4.18°E

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The named rock units Electridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 25 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Electridae and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Electridae and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,853 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 80 sites for Electridae, 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

43 references

Each of the 118 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. 31 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 Electridae

Credit
Tigerente
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Electridae 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

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. D'Orbigny 1851