Lycophyta

No picture of Lycophyta was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Lycophyta itself, so it was not used. 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 Lycophyta, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EmbryophytaPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Streptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 327 million years on record.

The record covers at least 399.5 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 410.62 Mya to 61.66 Mya.

Devonian — about 65 of 1068 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 504 of 1068 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 167 of 1068 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 17 of 1068 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 10 of 1068 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 23 of 1068 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 5 of 1068 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 4 of 1068 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 1 of 1068 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 146 of 1068 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 126 of 1068 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 1068 occurrencesEocene — about 0 of 1068 occurrences418–406 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences406–393 Mya — about 1 occurrence393–381 Mya — about 48 occurrences381–369 Mya — about 7 occurrences369–357 Mya — about 18 occurrences357–345 Mya — about 65 occurrences345–333 Mya — about 76 occurrences333–321 Mya — about 73 occurrences321–309 Mya — about 191 occurrences309–297 Mya — about 104 occurrences297–285 Mya — about 65 occurrences285–272 Mya — about 38 occurrences272–260 Mya — about 25 occurrences260–248 Mya — about 41 occurrences248–236 Mya — about 12 occurrences236–224 Mya — about 9 occurrences224–212 Mya — about 7 occurrences212–200 Mya — about 8 occurrences200–188 Mya — about 3 occurrences188–176 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences176–164 Mya — about 4 occurrences164–151 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences151–139 Mya — about 7 occurrences139–127 Mya — about 27 occurrences127–115 Mya — about 46 occurrences115–103 Mya — about 52 occurrences103–91 Mya — about 60 occurrences91–79 Mya — about 37 occurrences79–67 Mya — about 43 occurrences67–55 Mya — about 2 occurrences399.5 Mya72.2 Mya418 Mya55 Mya

1,068 occurrences of Lycophyta on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

1,068 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

191 formations

Pottsville — 33.82°N, 87.42°WPottsville — 33.00°N, 87.00°WPottsville — 33.81°N, 87.17°WCarbondale — 38.18°N, 87.33°WCarbondale — 41.00°N, 88.00°WCarbondale — 40.00°N, 90.00°WCarbondale — 40.00°N, 88.00°WTaiyuan — 40.00°N, 118.00°ETaiyuan — 39.90°N, 111.80°ETaiyuan — 37.50°N, 105.20°ETaiyuan — 38.20°N, 100.20°ETaiyuan — 41.80°N, 126.50°ETaiyuan — 35.50°N, 110.40°ETaiyuan — 37.50°N, 114.60°ETaiyuan — 40.00°N, 116.20°ETaiyuan — 39.60°N, 111.00°ETaiyuan — 34.70°N, 116.60°ETaiyuan — 38.80°N, 99.60°ETaiyuan — 41.20°N, 123.80°ETaiyuan — 41.60°N, 119.70°ETaiyuan — 38.80°N, 105.60°ETaiyuan — 36.80°N, 118.10°ETaiyuan — 39.40°N, 111.00°EEumeralla — 38.67°S, 143.58°EEumeralla — 38.77°S, 143.33°EEumeralla — 38.72°S, 143.33°EBhuj — 23.32°N, 69.77°EBhuj — 23.22°N, 69.72°EBhuj — 23.08°N, 69.60°EBhuj — 23.20°N, 69.56°EBhuj — 23.43°N, 69.13°EBhuj — 23.48°N, 69.27°EBhuj — 23.75°N, 68.90°EBhuj — 23.79°N, 68.85°ERintoul Creek — 38.12°S, 146.50°EShanxi — 38.00°N, 114.00°EShanxi — 41.80°N, 126.50°EShanxi — 38.80°N, 105.60°EShanxi — 39.40°N, 121.80°EShanxi — 40.70°N, 120.80°EShanxi — 38.80°N, 99.60°EShanxi — 38.50°N, 102.20°EShanxi — 35.70°N, 106.60°EShanxi — 39.40°N, 111.00°EDakota — 38.88°N, 98.70°WDakota — 38.83°N, 98.47°WDakota — 38.90°N, 98.86°WDakota — 38.52°N, 98.78°WBrazil — 39.13°N, 87.02°WDunvegan — 55.92°N, 118.59°WDunvegan — 55.22°N, 119.17°WDunvegan — 55.27°N, 118.63°WMoscow — 42.38°N, 74.45°WMoscow — 42.58°N, 74.60°WBreathitt — 37.08°N, 83.70°WBaquero — 48.52°S, 69.25°WBaquero — 48.45°S, 69.12°WStellarton — 45.67°N, 62.70°WPanther Mountain — 42.43°N, 74.43°WPanther Mountain — 42.62°N, 74.57°WDamoguihe — 49.20°N, 119.70°EDamoguihe — 49.50°N, 119.52°EDamoguihe — 48.42°N, 119.77°ENew Albany Shale — 37.58°N, 84.80°WNew Albany Shale — 37.38°N, 84.80°WNew Albany Shale — 38.28°N, 85.82°WHassel — 79.79°N, 85.37°WMospyne — 48.24°N, 39.34°EDrywood — 38.00°N, 93.00°WFountain — 38.40°N, 105.22°WVandever Shale & Rockcastle Sandstone — 34.86°N, 85.43°WShelburn — 39.28°N, 87.53°WKaskapau — 55.94°N, 119.94°W

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The named rock units Lycophyta has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 167 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 373 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lycophyta and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Lycophyta and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

892 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 530 sites for Lycophyta, 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

211 references

Each of the 1,068 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. 199 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 Lycophyta was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Lycophyta itself, so it was not used.

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 Lycophyta, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Lycophyta 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.