Eridotrypa

Eridotrypa is an extinct genus of bryozoans of the family Aisenvergiidae, consistently forming colonies made of thin branches. Diaphragms are very common in colonies. Distinctively, in the exozone there are serrated dark borders separating the autozooecia.

Eridotrypa

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AisenvergiidaePBDB
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 48 million years on record.

The record covers at least 468 Mya to 419.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 413.02 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 214 occurrencesOrdovician — about 175 of 214 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 37 of 214 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 2 of 214 occurrencesDevonian488–486 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences486–483 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences483–481 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences481–478 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences478–476 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences476–473 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences473–470 Mya — about 1 occurrence470–468 Mya — about 2 occurrences468–465 Mya — about 1 occurrence465–463 Mya — about 1 occurrence463–460 Mya — about 1 occurrence460–458 Mya — about 4 occurrences458–455 Mya — about 39 occurrences455–452 Mya — about 54 occurrences452–450 Mya — about 49 occurrences450–447 Mya — about 8 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 6 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 8 occurrences442–440 Mya — about 1 occurrence440–437 Mya — about 3 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 4 occurrences435–432 Mya — about 7 occurrences432–429 Mya — about 9 occurrences429–427 Mya — about 6 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 3 occurrences424–422 Mya — about 1 occurrence422–419 Mya — about 2 occurrences419–417 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences417–414 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences414–412 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences468 Mya419.62 Mya488 Mya412 Mya

214 occurrences of Eridotrypa 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

214 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

62 formations

Denley Limestone — 43.21°N, 75.46°WDenley Limestone — 43.00°N, 76.00°WDenley Limestone — 44.00°N, 75.00°WDenley Limestone — 43.28°N, 75.14°WDenley Limestone — 43.88°N, 75.49°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 85.00°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.95°WLexington Limestone — 37.92°N, 84.50°WHermitage — 35.50°N, 86.50°WHermitage — 36.00°N, 83.00°WHermitage — 36.25°N, 83.97°WHermitage — 36.82°N, 84.52°WHermitage — 35.77°N, 85.01°WHermitage — 35.49°N, 85.26°WVerulam — 44.60°N, 78.97°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.58°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.67°WVerulam — 44.43°N, 78.78°WVerulam — 44.53°N, 78.98°WCatheys — 35.50°N, 86.50°WWardell — 37.00°N, 81.00°WWardell — 37.03°N, 81.79°WWardell — 37.02°N, 81.73°WWardell — 37.02°N, 81.63°WJoslin Hill — 43.21°N, 75.46°WHolston — 35.92°N, 83.97°WHolston — 35.87°N, 84.07°WRochester — 43.18°N, 78.72°WRochester — 43.16°N, 77.68°WPin — 32.02°N, 78.05°EBigby-Cannon Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WHerkimer — 43.10°N, 75.23°WHerkimer — 43.06°N, 75.40°WWether Law Linn — 55.81°N, 3.37°WSugar River Limestone — 43.00°N, 76.00°WSugar River Limestone — 44.00°N, 75.00°WSugar River Limestone — 43.00°N, 75.00°WClays Ferry — 38.00°N, 85.00°WClays Ferry — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLoka — 58.57°N, 15.07°ELoka — 61.07°N, 15.17°EProsser — 44.50°N, 92.90°WProsser — 44.04°N, 73.42°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WKings Falls — 43.21°N, 75.46°WUllerntangen — 60.00°N, 10.00°ELexington Ls — 37.65°N, 84.77°WCummingsville — 43.50°N, 91.50°WZel’van — 52.00°N, 24.00°EWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 76.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 75.00°W

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The named rock units Eridotrypa has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 38 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 36 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Eridotrypa and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Eridotrypa and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,265 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 186 sites for Eridotrypa, 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

49 references

Each of the 214 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. 37 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 Eridotrypa

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Eridotrypa 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

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. Ulrich 1893