Lithoporella

Lithoporella

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MastophoroideaePBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Rhodophyta

Time the record covers

At least 119 million years on record.

The record covers at least 119.57 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 121.4 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 4 of 451 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 3 of 451 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 42 of 451 occurrencesEocene — about 198 of 451 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 46 of 451 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 83 of 451 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 13 of 451 occurrencesPleistocene — about 34 of 451 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 2 occurrences120–116 Mya — about 1 occurrence116–111 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences103–99 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences99–95 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences95–91 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences91–87 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences87–83 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences83–78 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences78–74 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences74–70 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences70–66 Mya — about 1 occurrence66–62 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences62–58 Mya — about 21 occurrences58–54 Mya — about 34 occurrences54–50 Mya — about 23 occurrences50–45 Mya — about 21 occurrences45–41 Mya — about 20 occurrences41–37 Mya — about 39 occurrences37–33 Mya — about 85 occurrences33–29 Mya — about 14 occurrences29–25 Mya — about 20 occurrences25–21 Mya — about 17 occurrences21–17 Mya — about 28 occurrences17–12 Mya — about 16 occurrences12–8.3 Mya — about 13 occurrences8.3–4.1 Mya — about 22 occurrences4.1–0 Mya — about 72 occurrences119.57 Mya11.7 ka124 Mya0 Mya

451 occurrences of Lithoporella on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

451 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

67 formations

Lakadong — 25.19°N, 91.76°ELakadong — 25.16°N, 92.39°EZongpu — 28.07°N, 89.19°EZongpu — 28.29°N, 88.59°EMarne di Priabona — 45.43°N, 11.55°EUmatac — 13.33°N, 144.68°EUmatac — 13.50°N, 144.78°EUmatac — 13.40°N, 144.73°EDobranberg Formation — 46.83°N, 14.53°ESinjar — 35.35°N, 45.42°ESinjar — 36.35°N, 41.50°ESinjar — 36.36°N, 41.83°EQom Formation — 34.51°N, 50.95°ECluj Limestone — 46.70°N, 23.56°ECluj Limestone — 46.75°N, 23.38°EGornji Grad — 46.28°N, 14.25°EUpper Coralline Limestone — 35.92°N, 14.38°EUpper Coralline Limestone — 35.87°N, 14.33°ENavarri — 42.38°N, 0.39°EMolare — 44.37°N, 8.20°EMolare — 44.50°N, 8.48°EAmapa — 3.32°N, 49.66°WGuitar Formation — 9.12°N, 92.80°ESylhet Limestone — 23.73°N, 87.90°ESylhet Limestone — 22.31°N, 88.28°ESylhet Limestone — 22.59°N, 88.01°ESylhet Limestone — 23.10°N, 88.55°ESylhet Limestone — 22.21°N, 88.17°ESylhet Limestone — 22.90°N, 88.50°EPrang — 25.18°N, 92.38°EPrang — 25.18°N, 91.77°ESerraduy — 42.32°N, 0.57°EAlutom — 13.40°N, 144.68°EMonte S Angelo — 42.69°N, 9.32°ENago Limestone — 45.89°N, 10.88°ENago Limestone — 46.05°N, 11.12°ELower Coralline Limestone — 35.92°N, 14.42°EBorové — 49.28°N, 19.75°ETziqlag — 31.30°N, 34.62°ECalcari Nummulitici — 45.42°N, 11.57°ECalcari Nummulitici — 45.42°N, 11.55°E

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The named rock units Lithoporella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 43 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 175 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lithoporella and its relatives

Eocene

Where Lithoporella and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

728 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 309 sites for Lithoporella, 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

130 references

Each of the 451 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. 118 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 Lithoporella

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 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. Foslie 1909