Linguloidea

Linguloidea is a superfamily of brachiopods.

Linguloidea

C.D. Walcott · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LingulidaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Lingulata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 520 million years on record.

The record covers at least 521 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 538.8 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Cambrian — about 1075 of 4305 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 1568 of 4305 occurrencesSilurian — about 281 of 4305 occurrencesDevonian — about 303 of 4305 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 216 of 4305 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 166 of 4305 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 292 of 4305 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 90 of 4305 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 31 of 4305 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 80 of 4305 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 15 of 4305 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 36 of 4305 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 32 of 4305 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 66 of 4305 occurrencesPaleocene — about 1 of 4305 occurrencesEocene — about 13 of 4305 occurrencesOligocene — about 1 of 4305 occurrencesMiocene — about 19 of 4305 occurrencesPliocene — about 15 of 4305 occurrencesPleistocene — about 6 of 4305 occurrences550–531 Mya — about 21 occurrences531–513 Mya — about 301 occurrences513–495 Mya — about 450 occurrences495–476 Mya — about 580 occurrences476–458 Mya — about 704 occurrences458–440 Mya — about 639 occurrences440–421 Mya — about 215 occurrences421–403 Mya — about 61 occurrences403–385 Mya — about 127 occurrences385–366 Mya — about 96 occurrences366–348 Mya — about 58 occurrences348–330 Mya — about 88 occurrences330–311 Mya — about 46 occurrences311–293 Mya — about 69 occurrences293–275 Mya — about 37 occurrences275–256 Mya — about 62 occurrences256–238 Mya — about 430 occurrences238–220 Mya — about 24 occurrences220–202 Mya — about 13 occurrences202–183 Mya — about 65 occurrences183–165 Mya — about 26 occurrences165–147 Mya — about 26 occurrences147–128 Mya — about 24 occurrences128–110 Mya — about 9 occurrences110–92 Mya — about 33 occurrences92–73 Mya — about 27 occurrences73–55 Mya — about 19 occurrences55–37 Mya — about 8 occurrences37–18 Mya — about 8 occurrences18–0 Mya — about 37 occurrences521 Mya129 ka550 Mya0 Mya

4,305 occurrences of Linguloidea on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

4,305 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

1000 formations

Bestogai — 43.53°N, 69.95°EBestogai — 43.62°N, 69.94°EBestogai — 43.63°N, 69.99°EDeadwood — 43.85°N, 103.36°WDeadwood — 44.42°N, 103.71°WDeadwood — 47.42°N, 105.59°WDeadwood — 47.15°N, 110.22°WDeadwood — 47.98°N, 102.92°WDeadwood — 43.58°N, 103.55°WDeadwood — 43.53°N, 103.43°WDeadwood — 43.85°N, 103.34°WDeadwood — 44.35°N, 104.00°WDeadwood — 43.82°N, 103.77°WDeadwood — 43.72°N, 103.67°WDeadwood — 44.25°N, 103.38°WDeadwood — 43.53°N, 103.55°WDeadwood — 43.05°N, 103.05°WDeadwood — 46.87°N, 103.30°WDeadwood — 46.83°N, 104.15°WSecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WMernmerna Formation — 30.72°S, 139.18°EMernmerna Formation — 31.85°S, 140.63°EMernmerna Formation — 31.00°S, 139.26°EMernmerna Formation — 31.01°S, 139.24°EZhumabai — 43.53°N, 69.95°EDaye — 26.61°N, 107.22°EDaye — 30.30°N, 106.85°EDaye — 30.49°N, 107.00°EDaye — 29.71°N, 113.93°EDaye — 26.58°N, 106.62°EDaye — 26.38°N, 105.92°EDaye — 25.59°N, 106.65°EDaye — 25.58°N, 106.76°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.67°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.76°EDaye — 30.17°N, 109.00°EMeadowtown Beds — 52.67°N, 2.00°WRorrington Beds — 52.67°N, 2.00°WTindall Limestone — 13.33°S, 130.63°ETindall Limestone — 13.50°S, 131.07°ETindall Limestone — 13.88°S, 131.15°ETindall Limestone — 13.82°S, 131.35°ETindall Limestone — 14.25°S, 131.38°ETindall Limestone — 14.50°S, 132.17°ETindall Limestone — 13.68°S, 131.33°ETindall Limestone — 13.55°S, 131.18°ETindall Limestone — 13.92°S, 131.02°ETindall Limestone — 14.00°S, 131.02°ETindall Limestone — 13.80°S, 131.00°ETindall Limestone — 14.42°S, 132.25°EValhallfonna — 79.85°N, 17.67°EMoscow — 42.70°N, 76.75°WMoscow — 42.88°N, 78.42°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 78.68°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 77.90°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 76.03°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.70°WMoscow — 42.56°N, 74.58°WMoscow — 42.69°N, 76.74°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.66°N, 75.38°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 75.48°WMoscow — 42.55°N, 74.82°WMoscow — 42.52°N, 74.86°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.33°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.95°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 75.57°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 74.95°WMoscow — 42.47°N, 74.47°WVolkhov — 59.97°N, 32.57°EMytton Flags — 52.67°N, 2.00°WFeixianguan — 32.65°N, 105.88°EFeixianguan — 28.10°N, 105.04°EFeixianguan — 29.49°N, 106.40°EFeixianguan — 29.91°N, 106.52°EFeixianguan — 27.04°N, 105.95°EFeixianguan — 25.88°N, 105.51°EFeixianguan — 26.03°N, 105.10°EFeixianguan — 25.94°N, 104.50°EFeixianguan — 28.96°N, 106.92°EFeixianguan — 27.46°N, 107.14°EFeixianguan — 28.06°N, 104.66°EFeixianguan — 30.13°N, 106.45°EFeixianguan — 30.09°N, 106.64°EMernmerna — 31.00°S, 139.26°EMernmerna — 31.01°S, 139.24°EMernmerna — 30.79°S, 139.14°EWerfen — 46.38°N, 11.85°EWerfen — 46.30°N, 11.80°EWerfen — 46.57°N, 11.63°EWerfen — 46.29°N, 11.52°EWerfen — 46.38°N, 11.64°EWerfen — 46.36°N, 11.42°EWerfen — 46.38°N, 11.98°EWerfen — 46.65°N, 11.75°EWerfen — 46.53°N, 11.56°EWerfen — 46.46°N, 11.70°EWerfen — 46.63°N, 11.80°EAjax Limestone — 30.60°S, 138.33°EEmanuel — 18.65°S, 125.92°EVerulam — 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°WVerulam — 44.02°N, 77.15°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 79.17°WKayitou — 25.83°N, 104.38°EKayitou — 26.25°N, 104.02°EKayitou — 25.95°N, 104.47°EKayitou — 25.66°N, 104.42°EBurgess Shale — 51.44°N, 116.47°WBurgess Shale — 51.03°N, 115.83°WBurgess Shale — 51.38°N, 116.43°WDengying — 32.53°N, 107.92°EDengying — 33.67°N, 109.46°EForteau — 49.60°N, 57.83°WForteau — 51.00°N, 56.66°WForteau — 50.98°N, 56.85°WForteau — 49.52°N, 57.82°WÜlgase — 59.43°N, 24.73°EÜlgase — 59.46°N, 24.91°EÜlgase — 59.48°N, 25.02°EÜlgase — 59.48°N, 25.34°EÜlgase — 59.51°N, 25.50°EÜlgase — 59.45°N, 25.67°EÜlgase — 59.49°N, 25.09°EÜlgase — 59.43°N, 24.99°E

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The named rock units Linguloidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 976 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 415 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Linguloidea and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Linguloidea and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

2,023 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,564 sites for Linguloidea, 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

884 references

Each of the 4,305 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. 872 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 Linguloidea

Credit
C.D. Walcott
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Linguloidea 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. Menke 1828