Graptodictya

No picture of Graptodictya was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Graptodictya, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EscharoporidaePBDB
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 19 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 438.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 432.9 Mya.

Ordovician — about 99 of 101 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 2 of 101 occurrencesSilurian472–471 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences469–468 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences468–467 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences465–464 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences464–463 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences463–461 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences461–460 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 5 occurrences457–456 Mya — about 10 occurrences456–455 Mya — about 9 occurrences455–453 Mya — about 12 occurrences453–452 Mya — about 15 occurrences452–451 Mya — about 14 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 11 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 3 occurrences448–447 Mya — about 3 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 3 occurrences445–444 Mya — about 4 occurrences444–443 Mya — about 3 occurrences441–440 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences440–439 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences439–437 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences437–436 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences436–435 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences435–433 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences433–432 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences458.2 Mya438.6 Mya472.1 Mya432.1 Mya

101 occurrences of Graptodictya 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

101 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

35 formations

Benbolt — 37.10°N, 81.56°WBenbolt — 37.11°N, 81.52°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.34°WBenbolt — 37.27°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.08°N, 81.71°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.67°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.02°N, 81.63°WWardell — 37.00°N, 81.00°WWardell — 37.03°N, 81.79°WWardell — 37.02°N, 81.73°WWardell — 37.11°N, 81.52°WWardell — 37.10°N, 81.34°WWardell — 37.02°N, 81.63°WWitten Limestone — 37.11°N, 81.52°WWitten Limestone — 37.00°N, 81.00°WWitten Limestone — 37.02°N, 81.63°WWitten Limestone — 37.03°N, 81.79°WWitten Limestone — 37.10°N, 81.62°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.55°N, 84.05°WWaynesville — 39.40°N, 83.98°WDecorah Shale — 44.95°N, 93.10°WDecorah Shale — 42.50°N, 91.25°WDecorah Shale — 44.98°N, 93.26°WDenley Limestone — 43.21°N, 75.46°WDenley Limestone — 44.00°N, 75.00°WDenley Limestone — 43.28°N, 75.14°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WHolston — 35.92°N, 83.97°WHolston — 35.87°N, 84.07°WHolston — 36.33°N, 83.17°WLoka — 58.57°N, 15.07°ELoka — 61.07°N, 15.17°ESugar River Limestone — 44.00°N, 75.00°WSugar River Limestone — 43.00°N, 75.00°WBromide — 34.48°N, 96.97°WKhabt-el-Hajar — 31.40°N, 4.10°WKhabt-el-Hajar — 31.45°N, 4.19°WGabian — 43.52°N, 3.25°EVasalemma — 59.28°N, 24.65°EKings Falls — 43.21°N, 75.46°WSugar River — 43.21°N, 75.46°WBull Fork — 39.39°N, 83.92°WLiberty — 39.00°N, 84.00°WPierce Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WCarters Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WSaelabonn — 60.17°N, 10.30°EZel’van — 52.00°N, 24.00°EUst'-Zyb — 65.42°N, 60.33°ECalcaires et marnes schisteuses — 43.56°N, 3.31°E

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The named rock units Graptodictya has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 11 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 10 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Graptodictya and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Graptodictya and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

773 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 90 sites for Graptodictya, 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

33 references

Each of the 101 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. 21 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 content0

No picture of Graptodictya was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Graptodictya, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Graptodictya 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.

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 1882