Meristellidae

Meristellidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MeristelloideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Athyrididina
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Athyrididina
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Athyrididina
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 93 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 365.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 469.4 Mya to 358.86 Mya.

Ordovician — about 211 of 1174 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 618 of 1174 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 344 of 1174 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 1174 occurrences472–468 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences468–464 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences464–460 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences460–456 Mya — about 1 occurrence456–452 Mya — about 3 occurrences452–449 Mya — about 15 occurrences449–445 Mya — about 70 occurrences445–441 Mya — about 218 occurrences441–437 Mya — about 85 occurrences437–433 Mya — about 75 occurrences433–429 Mya — about 171 occurrences429–426 Mya — about 106 occurrences426–422 Mya — about 59 occurrences422–418 Mya — about 46 occurrences418–414 Mya — about 37 occurrences414–410 Mya — about 42 occurrences410–406 Mya — about 13 occurrences406–403 Mya — about 13 occurrences403–399 Mya — about 13 occurrences399–395 Mya — about 14 occurrences395–391 Mya — about 46 occurrences391–387 Mya — about 66 occurrences387–383 Mya — about 59 occurrences383–380 Mya — about 18 occurrences380–376 Mya — about 1 occurrence376–372 Mya — about 1 occurrence372–368 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences368–364 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences364–360 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences360–357 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences458.2 Mya365.2 Mya472 Mya357 Mya

1,174 occurrences of Meristellidae on record, most of them in the Silurian. 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

1,174 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

263 formations

Onondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.14°WOnondaga — 42.18°N, 73.95°WOnondaga — 42.08°N, 73.97°WOnondaga — 41.93°N, 74.03°WOnondaga — 42.59°N, 74.93°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.04°WOnondaga — 42.55°N, 73.94°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.88°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.77°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.75°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 76.47°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 77.36°WAttawapiskat — 52.85°N, 83.90°WAttawapiskat — 52.90°N, 83.95°WAttawapiskat — 52.89°N, 83.64°WAttawapiskat — 52.89°N, 83.52°WAttawapiskat — 52.96°N, 83.16°WAttawapiskat — 52.94°N, 83.07°WAttawapiskat — 53.45°N, 82.91°WAttawapiskat — 53.45°N, 82.88°WAttawapiskat — 53.17°N, 81.10°WAttawapiskat — 53.20°N, 81.50°WIrondequoit — 43.12°N, 79.07°WIrondequoit — 43.16°N, 79.05°WIrondequoit — 43.18°N, 78.72°WIrondequoit — 43.20°N, 77.62°WIrondequoit — 43.23°N, 77.21°WIrondequoit — 43.23°N, 76.98°WIrondequoit — 43.21°N, 76.88°WIrondequoit — 43.24°N, 76.80°WIrondequoit — 43.26°N, 76.70°WEllis Bay — 49.82°N, 64.35°WEllis Bay — 49.42°N, 62.25°WEllis Bay — 49.50°N, 63.00°WEllis Bay — 49.50°N, 62.53°WEllis Bay — 49.81°N, 64.01°WEllis Bay — 49.72°N, 63.83°WEllis Bay — 49.38°N, 62.08°WEllis Bay — 49.81°N, 64.43°WEllis Bay — 49.84°N, 64.45°WEllis Bay — 49.31°N, 61.83°WEllis Bay — 49.32°N, 61.86°WEllis Bay — 49.52°N, 62.42°WKuldiga — 56.22°N, 21.20°EKuldiga — 57.25°N, 22.59°EKuldiga — 56.78°N, 21.86°EKuldiga — 57.26°N, 23.11°EKuldiga — 57.28°N, 25.41°EKuldiga — 56.85°N, 21.71°EKuldiga — 56.99°N, 21.77°EKuldiga — 57.03°N, 22.78°EKuldiga — 56.72°N, 22.77°EKuldiga — 56.44°N, 21.61°EKuldiga — 56.87°N, 21.58°EKuldiga — 57.27°N, 21.98°EKuldiga — 56.46°N, 26.03°EKuldiga — 57.22°N, 21.60°EKuldiga — 56.75°N, 22.70°EKuldiga — 56.64°N, 22.79°EKuldiga — 56.91°N, 24.15°EKuldiga — 56.64°N, 21.41°ERochester — 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 — 43.19°N, 76.91°WRochester — 43.22°N, 76.81°WRochester — 43.26°N, 76.70°WRochester — 43.25°N, 76.64°WRochester — 43.15°N, 75.86°WVaureal — 49.82°N, 64.35°WVaureal — 49.81°N, 64.43°WVaureal — 49.77°N, 63.64°WVaureal — 49.91°N, 64.24°WVaureal — 49.63°N, 63.20°WVaureal — 49.73°N, 63.83°WVaureal — 49.63°N, 63.78°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.63°N, 78.23°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.57°N, 78.84°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.44°N, 78.97°WRoberts Mountain — 39.84°N, 116.35°WRoberts Mountain — 39.94°N, 116.32°WRabbit Hill Limestone — 39.20°N, 116.42°WRabbit Hill Limestone — 38.92°N, 116.50°WAmherstburg — 43.98°N, 81.28°WKuanyinchiao — 28.00°N, 108.00°EKuanyinchiao — 27.60°N, 105.42°EKuanyinchiao — 28.08°N, 106.86°EKuanyinchiao — 31.00°N, 112.00°EKuanyinchiao — 28.36°N, 108.51°EKuanyinchiao — 28.23°N, 109.10°ERochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.62°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.06°WRochester Shale — 43.10°N, 79.06°WRochester Shale — 43.20°N, 77.53°WRochester Shale — 43.17°N, 78.68°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.72°WRochester Shale — 43.22°N, 76.82°WRochester Shale — 39.65°N, 78.76°WMcColley Canyon — 38.87°N, 117.92°WMcColley Canyon — 40.13°N, 116.10°WMcColley Canyon — 39.98°N, 116.27°WMcColley Canyon — 40.16°N, 116.06°WMcColley Canyon — 40.13°N, 116.02°WMcColley Canyon — 39.93°N, 116.30°WMcColley Canyon — 39.60°N, 116.26°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WRacine — 42.73°N, 87.78°WRacine — 42.88°N, 88.04°WRacine — 42.00°N, 88.00°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°WScotch Grove — 41.90°N, 90.60°WScotch Grove — 42.12°N, 91.13°WScotch Grove — 42.48°N, 90.87°WScotch Grove — 41.85°N, 90.18°WWenallt — 51.83°N, 3.58°WMoscow — 42.70°N, 78.95°WMoscow — 42.90°N, 78.04°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 77.90°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.79°N, 76.15°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.83°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.57°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WRead Bay — 74.71°N, 94.89°WRead Bay — 74.70°N, 94.82°WMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°EMotol — 49.95°N, 12.93°EMotol — 49.95°N, 14.22°EMotol — 49.97°N, 14.07°EMotol — 49.77°N, 13.25°EMotol — 50.08°N, 14.47°EWaldron Shale — 35.00°N, 88.00°WWaldron Shale — 39.00°N, 86.00°WWaldron Shale — 39.45°N, 85.67°WHopkinton — 43.00°N, 91.00°WHopkinton — 42.50°N, 91.50°WHopkinton — 42.17°N, 90.58°WCoeymans — 41.29°N, 74.14°WCoeymans — 42.80°N, 74.75°WCoeymans — 42.86°N, 74.80°WCoeymans — 42.91°N, 74.87°W

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The named rock units Meristellidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 239 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 158 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Meristellidae and its relatives

Silurian

Where Meristellidae and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

1,431 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 950 sites for Meristellidae, 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

229 references

Each of the 1,174 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. 217 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

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No 3D scan of Meristellidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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. Waagen 1883