Lophophyllidium

Searched as Lophophyllidium pendulum simplex. The Paleobiology Database treats Lophophyllidium as the accepted name.

Lophophyllidium

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LophophyllidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rugosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rugosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rugosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Rugosa

Time the record covers

At most 24 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 283.3 Mya and 259.857 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Permian — about 4 of 4 occurrencesPermian284–283 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences283–282 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences282–281 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences281–281 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences281–280 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences278–277 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences277–276 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences276–276 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences276–275 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences274–273 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences273–272 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences272–272 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences271–270 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences270–269 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences269–268 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences268–268 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences268–267 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences266–265 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences265–264 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences264–263 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences263–263 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences263–262 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences262–261 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences261–260 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences260–259 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences283.8 Mya259.4 Mya

4 occurrences of Lophophyllidium 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

4 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

3 formations

Fanjiatun — 43.15°N, 126.58°ELiutiagou — 46.61°N, 122.53°EMiaoling — 43.50°N, 129.65°E

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The named rock units Lophophyllidium has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lophophyllidium and its relatives

Permian

Where Lophophyllidium and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,686 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 365 sites for Lophophyllidium, 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

2 references

Each of the 4 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Lophophyllidium

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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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What may have been alongside itLophophyllidae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Grabau 1928