Fenestellidae

Fenestellidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
FenestellinaPBDB
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 196 million years on record.

The record covers at least 450.2 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 458.2 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Ordovician — about 19 of 2825 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 127 of 2825 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 518 of 2825 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 900 of 2825 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1261 of 2825 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 2825 occurrences462–455 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences455–448 Mya — about 12 occurrences448–441 Mya — about 8 occurrences441–434 Mya — about 37 occurrences434–427 Mya — about 74 occurrences427–419 Mya — about 14 occurrences419–412 Mya — about 24 occurrences412–405 Mya — about 62 occurrences405–398 Mya — about 37 occurrences398–391 Mya — about 71 occurrences391–384 Mya — about 188 occurrences384–377 Mya — about 72 occurrences377–369 Mya — about 18 occurrences369–362 Mya — about 28 occurrences362–355 Mya — about 42 occurrences355–348 Mya — about 41 occurrences348–341 Mya — about 102 occurrences341–334 Mya — about 160 occurrences334–326 Mya — about 271 occurrences326–319 Mya — about 75 occurrences319–312 Mya — about 44 occurrences312–305 Mya — about 78 occurrences305–298 Mya — about 113 occurrences298–291 Mya — about 246 occurrences291–284 Mya — about 270 occurrences284–276 Mya — about 92 occurrences276–269 Mya — about 201 occurrences269–262 Mya — about 224 occurrences262–255 Mya — about 177 occurrences255–248 Mya — about 43 occurrences450.2 Mya254.14 Mya462 Mya248 Mya

2,825 occurrences of Fenestellidae 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

2,825 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

468 formations

Wreford — 39.69°N, 96.64°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.47°N, 96.41°WWreford — 39.33°N, 96.53°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.23°WWreford — 38.70°N, 96.50°WWreford — 38.22°N, 96.43°WWreford — 38.41°N, 96.56°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.75°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.57°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.43°WWreford — 37.81°N, 96.54°WWreford — 38.04°N, 96.42°WWreford — 38.09°N, 96.39°WWreford — 38.97°N, 96.86°WWreford — 38.14°N, 96.59°WWreford — 37.00°N, 96.00°WWreford — 38.36°N, 96.75°WWreford — 38.13°N, 96.54°WWreford — 37.31°N, 96.70°WWreford — 37.62°N, 96.56°WWreford — 38.15°N, 96.56°WWreford — 39.03°N, 96.80°WWreford — 39.84°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.13°WWreford — 38.40°N, 96.53°WWreford — 38.18°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.67°N, 96.28°WWreford — 38.27°N, 96.38°WWreford — 38.60°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.87°N, 96.22°WBangor Limestone — 34.45°N, 87.75°WBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WKazan — 57.54°N, 49.29°EKazan — 57.80°N, 49.10°EKazan — 64.55°N, 43.98°EKazan — 65.81°N, 43.60°EKazan — 59.00°N, 50.33°EKazan — 57.35°N, 48.83°EKazan — 66.05°N, 43.50°EKazan — 57.61°N, 49.04°EKazan — 57.98°N, 49.11°EKazan — 57.50°N, 49.00°EKazan — 57.42°N, 48.90°EKazan — 55.87°N, 49.22°EKazan — 57.20°N, 49.17°EKazan — 57.47°N, 49.08°EKazan — 63.30°N, 61.50°EKazan — 64.40°N, 44.25°EKazan — 61.75°N, 48.55°EKazan — 55.78°N, 48.95°EKazan — 57.12°N, 50.01°EKazan — 57.60°N, 49.13°EKazan — 64.67°N, 49.33°EKazan — 56.32°N, 51.05°EKazan — 56.24°N, 51.28°EKazan — 57.67°N, 49.16°EKazan — 63.10°N, 51.15°EKazan — 53.42°N, 49.49°EKazan — 56.70°N, 49.50°EKazan — 56.34°N, 48.67°EKazan — 54.10°N, 52.13°EGlen Dean Limestone — 38.17°N, 86.57°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.62°N, 86.68°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.25°N, 86.54°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.40°N, 86.59°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.24°N, 86.43°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.10°N, 86.56°WGlen Dean Limestone — 37.90°N, 86.64°WGlen Dean Limestone — 37.48°N, 86.30°WGlen Dean Limestone — 37.83°N, 86.60°WGlen Dean Limestone — 36.94°N, 84.54°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 — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 76.50°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.35°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.22°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.75°N, 76.70°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.33°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.14°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 75.54°WWinchell — 31.50°N, 98.58°WWinchell — 33.03°N, 98.07°WWinchell — 31.84°N, 99.00°WGolconda — 39.08°N, 86.82°WGolconda — 38.67°N, 86.82°WGolconda — 38.58°N, 86.66°WGolconda — 38.37°N, 86.36°WGolconda — 38.22°N, 86.53°WGolconda — 38.23°N, 86.43°WGolconda — 38.10°N, 86.48°WGolconda — 37.97°N, 86.56°WGolconda — 37.93°N, 86.54°WGolconda — 37.93°N, 86.57°WKapp Starostin — 77.71°N, 14.69°EKapp Starostin — 78.00°N, 14.00°EKapp Starostin — 78.08°N, 13.80°EKapp Starostin — 78.59°N, 14.94°EMoniello — 43.58°N, 6.00°WMoniello — 43.61°N, 5.77°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°WSalem Limestone — 37.31°N, 85.44°WSalem Limestone — 37.79°N, 85.82°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°WFord — 54.88°N, 1.38°WFord — 54.83°N, 1.37°WCattle Creek — 24.85°S, 148.32°ECattle Creek — 25.21°S, 148.78°EParadise — 31.93°N, 109.22°WParadise — 31.93°N, 100.22°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 77.25°WMahantango — 40.05°N, 77.52°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 76.92°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.00°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 76.92°WPilton Shales — 51.08°N, 4.05°WRedoak Hollow — 34.37°N, 97.34°WWandrawandian — 35.40°S, 150.45°EWandrawandian — 35.37°S, 150.49°EWandrawandian — 34.88°S, 150.46°EGerkinskaya — 71.55°N, 55.70°EGerkinskaya — 71.25°N, 56.00°EGerkinskaya — 71.20°N, 55.60°EFort Payne Chert — 36.92°N, 84.96°WFort Payne Chert — 36.54°N, 85.16°WFort Payne Chert — 36.72°N, 85.45°WSecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WZechstein — 54.32°N, 14.07°EZechstein — 51.40°N, 10.75°EZechstein — 50.72°N, 11.65°EZechstein — 50.83°N, 10.35°EZechstein — 50.92°N, 12.04°EZechstein — 50.70°N, 11.60°EZechstein — 50.89°N, 12.16°EZechstein — 50.90°N, 12.05°ECopacabana — 19.12°S, 64.70°WCopacabana — 16.32°S, 68.67°WCopacabana — 16.10°S, 69.07°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WCopacabana — 15.78°S, 69.00°WBazardarin — 37.72°N, 74.54°EBazardarin — 37.89°N, 74.03°EBazardarin — 38.06°N, 74.06°EBazardarin — 37.81°N, 74.40°EBazardarin — 38.08°N, 73.89°E

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The named rock units Fenestellidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 444 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 319 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Fenestellidae and its relatives

Permian

Where Fenestellidae and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,566 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,245 sites for Fenestellidae, 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

422 references

Each of the 2,825 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. 410 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 Fenestellidae

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No 3D scan of Fenestellidae 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.

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. King 1850