Hesperorthidae

Hesperorthidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OrthoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Orthida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Orthida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Orthida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 60 million years on record.

The record covers at least 471.3 Mya to 410.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 488.9 Mya to 393.47 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 1269 occurrencesOrdovician — about 668 of 1269 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 566 of 1269 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 35 of 1269 occurrencesDevonian491–488 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences488–484 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences484–481 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences481–478 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences478–474 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences474–471 Mya — about 3 occurrences471–468 Mya — about 16 occurrences468–464 Mya — about 19 occurrences464–461 Mya — about 19 occurrences461–458 Mya — about 48 occurrences458–454 Mya — about 117 occurrences454–451 Mya — about 145 occurrences451–448 Mya — about 141 occurrences448–444 Mya — about 114 occurrences444–441 Mya — about 157 occurrences441–438 Mya — about 125 occurrences438–435 Mya — about 51 occurrences435–431 Mya — about 98 occurrences431–428 Mya — about 66 occurrences428–425 Mya — about 41 occurrences425–421 Mya — about 49 occurrences421–418 Mya — about 28 occurrences418–415 Mya — about 8 occurrences415–411 Mya — about 15 occurrences411–408 Mya — about 6 occurrences408–405 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences405–401 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences401–398 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences395–392 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences471.3 Mya410.62 Mya491 Mya392 Mya

1,269 occurrences of Hesperorthidae 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

1,269 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

344 formations

Henryhouse — 35.08°N, 98.24°WHenryhouse — 35.00°N, 97.00°WHenryhouse — 34.37°N, 97.00°WHenryhouse — 34.60°N, 97.03°WHenryhouse — 34.62°N, 96.63°WHenryhouse — 34.66°N, 96.68°WHenryhouse — 34.77°N, 96.67°WHenryhouse — 34.68°N, 96.76°WSolvik — 59.92°N, 10.75°ESolvik — 59.83°N, 10.43°ESolvik — 59.86°N, 10.56°ESolvik — 59.84°N, 10.51°EHorseshoe Gulch — 41.42°N, 122.77°WJaani — 58.73°N, 23.53°EJaani — 58.51°N, 22.00°EJaani — 58.58°N, 22.37°EJaani — 58.55°N, 22.20°EJaani — 58.57°N, 22.29°EJaani — 58.53°N, 23.28°EJaani — 58.68°N, 23.20°EJaani — 58.62°N, 22.90°EJaani — 58.12°N, 22.19°EJaani — 58.46°N, 26.33°EJaani — 58.41°N, 21.98°EJaani — 58.62°N, 23.89°EKangaroo Creek — 41.37°N, 122.69°WVaureal — 49.82°N, 64.35°WVaureal — 49.81°N, 64.43°WVaureal — 49.91°N, 64.24°WVaureal — 49.63°N, 63.20°WVaureal — 49.76°N, 63.64°WVaureal — 49.63°N, 63.78°WVaureal — 49.73°N, 63.83°WVaureal — 49.80°N, 63.89°WLebanon Limestone — 35.80°N, 86.13°WLebanon Limestone — 35.47°N, 86.80°WLebanon Limestone — 35.45°N, 86.88°WLebanon Limestone — 36.00°N, 86.45°WLebanon Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WLebanon Limestone — 36.15°N, 86.28°WLebanon Limestone — 35.48°N, 86.45°WDolbor — 63.00°N, 95.00°EDolbor — 62.14°N, 91.56°EDolbor — 62.14°N, 91.49°EDolbor — 62.15°N, 91.43°EWhittaker — 62.00°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 63.77°N, 125.27°WWhittaker — 61.63°N, 125.73°WWhittaker — 61.72°N, 125.93°WWhittaker — 62.12°N, 126.68°WWhittaker — 62.38°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 62.50°N, 125.25°WPaprieniai — 55.25°N, 23.15°EPaprieniai — 55.20°N, 23.87°EPaprieniai — 55.67°N, 25.38°EAttawapiskat — 55.68°N, 88.12°WAttawapiskat — 53.18°N, 81.12°WAttawapiskat — 53.20°N, 81.50°WRacine — 43.04°N, 87.91°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WRacine — 42.73°N, 87.78°WRacine — 42.88°N, 88.04°WRacine — 43.01°N, 88.38°WEllis Bay — 49.82°N, 64.35°WEllis Bay — 49.42°N, 62.25°WEllis Bay — 49.50°N, 63.00°WEllis Bay — 49.81°N, 64.01°WEllis Bay — 49.33°N, 61.89°WEllis Bay — 49.74°N, 63.88°WEllis Bay — 49.81°N, 64.43°WEllis Bay — 49.55°N, 62.68°WLaketown Dolomite — 38.50°N, 115.00°WLaketown Dolomite — 39.25°N, 114.88°WVarbola — 58.85°N, 25.74°EVarbola — 58.87°N, 23.04°EVarbola — 59.05°N, 25.12°EVarbola — 58.79°N, 25.58°EVarbola — 58.71°N, 23.76°EVarbola — 58.69°N, 25.63°EVarbola — 58.67°N, 25.12°EVarbola — 58.12°N, 22.19°EVarbola — 58.68°N, 26.09°ECape Phillips — 75.13°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WAnderken — 43.88°N, 75.55°EAnderken — 43.92°N, 75.48°EAnderken — 44.55°N, 74.85°EAnderken — 45.47°N, 72.03°EAntelope Valley — 38.05°N, 116.45°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 37.34°N, 115.38°WAntelope Valley — 37.30°N, 115.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.20°N, 116.25°WAntelope Valley — 39.60°N, 116.26°WDelorme — 62.38°N, 127.00°WRochester — 43.16°N, 79.05°WRochester — 43.18°N, 78.72°WRochester — 43.19°N, 77.56°WRochester — 43.23°N, 77.21°WRochester — 43.22°N, 77.02°WRochester — 43.25°N, 76.64°WRoberts Mountain — 39.84°N, 116.35°WRoberts Mountain — 39.95°N, 116.31°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°WScotch Grove — 41.90°N, 90.60°WScotch Grove — 42.12°N, 91.13°WScotch Grove — 41.85°N, 90.18°WScotch Grove — 42.10°N, 91.28°WHilliste — 58.88°N, 23.02°EMynaral — 45.36°N, 73.73°EMynaral — 45.28°N, 73.72°E

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The named rock units Hesperorthidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 320 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 222 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Hesperorthidae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Hesperorthidae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,964 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,047 sites for Hesperorthidae, 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

283 references

Each of the 1,269 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. 271 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 Hesperorthidae

Source
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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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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. Schuchert and Cooper 1931