Metagnostidae

Metagnostidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CondylopygoideaPBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB, for Agnostida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Agnostida
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Agnostida
Vision
blindPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 60 million years on record.

The record covers at least 505.3 Mya to 445.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 509.7 Mya to 443.1 Mya.

Cambrian — about 60 of 610 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 550 of 610 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 610 occurrences511–509 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences509–506 Mya — about 2 occurrences506–504 Mya — about 4 occurrences504–502 Mya — about 14 occurrences502–499 Mya — about 13 occurrences499–497 Mya — about 3 occurrences497–495 Mya — about 2 occurrences495–493 Mya — about 1 occurrence493–490 Mya — about 3 occurrences490–488 Mya — about 12 occurrences488–486 Mya — about 19 occurrences486–483 Mya — about 37 occurrences483–481 Mya — about 37 occurrences481–479 Mya — about 34 occurrences479–476 Mya — about 32 occurrences476–474 Mya — about 35 occurrences474–472 Mya — about 39 occurrences472–469 Mya — about 44 occurrences469–467 Mya — about 25 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 14 occurrences465–463 Mya — about 12 occurrences463–460 Mya — about 18 occurrences460–458 Mya — about 29 occurrences458–456 Mya — about 37 occurrences456–453 Mya — about 30 occurrences453–451 Mya — about 30 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 33 occurrences449–446 Mya — about 32 occurrences446–444 Mya — about 18 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 2 occurrences505.3 Mya445.2 Mya511 Mya442 Mya

610 occurrences of Metagnostidae on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

610 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

200 formations

Dawan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 28.00°N, 109.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EDawan — 30.90°N, 111.39°EDawan — 30.86°N, 110.37°ESanta Rosita — 23.62°S, 65.35°WSanta Rosita — 23.75°S, 65.54°WSanta Rosita — 23.75°S, 65.53°WSanta Rosita — 23.74°S, 65.55°WSanta Rosita — 24.49°S, 65.55°WSanta Rosita — 24.50°S, 65.75°WSanta Rosita — 22.21°S, 64.89°WSanta Rosita — 22.51°S, 65.10°WTable Cove — 50.36°N, 57.54°WTable Cove — 48.58°N, 58.70°WTable Cove — 50.18°N, 57.62°WTangtou — 32.00°N, 118.00°ETangtou — 32.00°N, 119.00°ETangtou — 32.07°N, 119.26°EZitai — 29.78°N, 111.13°EZitai — 29.31°N, 111.29°EEdinburg — 37.23°N, 80.36°WEdinburg — 38.00°N, 79.00°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.36°WEdinburg — 38.82°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 38.56°N, 78.86°WEdinburg — 38.84°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 37.74°N, 79.51°WJonstorp — 58.23°N, 15.73°EJonstorp — 58.22°N, 13.82°EJonstorp — 58.00°N, 13.00°EJonstorp — 58.61°N, 13.42°EJonstorp — 58.53°N, 14.98°EJonstorp — 60.91°N, 15.02°EJonstorp — 60.07°N, 15.18°EV-Creek Limestone — 19.52°S, 138.79°EV-Creek Limestone — 19.56°S, 138.81°EV-Creek Limestone — 20.25°S, 138.63°EV-Creek Limestone — 19.67°S, 138.76°EV-Creek Limestone — 19.79°S, 138.65°EV-Creek Limestone — 20.23°S, 138.29°EV-Creek Limestone — 20.19°S, 138.45°EV-Creek Limestone — 19.68°S, 138.69°EBaota — 32.00°N, 108.00°EBaota — 29.00°N, 110.00°EBaota — 27.00°N, 101.00°EBaota — 30.00°N, 116.00°EBaota — 33.00°N, 106.00°EBaota — 33.00°N, 108.00°ESaergan — 40.64°N, 79.50°ETøyen — 59.72°N, 9.85°ETøyen — 59.73°N, 9.87°ETøyen — 59.92°N, 10.78°ETøyen — 59.65°N, 9.65°ELandeyran — 43.47°N, 3.08°ELandeyran — 43.48°N, 3.47°ENantsinkwan — 28.62°N, 109.47°ENantsinkwan — 28.79°N, 109.29°EAntelope Valley — 39.09°N, 116.85°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.66°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 36.42°N, 116.62°WBliss Sandstone — 32.87°N, 107.18°WMounio — 43.00°N, 3.00°EDomusnovas — 40.34°N, 8.69°EDomusnovas — 39.44°N, 8.42°EDomusnovas — 39.33°N, 8.67°EDomusnovas — 39.24°N, 8.49°EAktas — 43.53°N, 69.95°EBalclatchie — 55.24°N, 4.78°WBalclatchie — 54.84°N, 4.05°WBalclatchie — 55.17°N, 4.87°WBalclatchie — 55.31°N, 4.80°WGoodwin — 39.10°N, 116.26°WGoodwin — 37.34°N, 115.38°WGoodwin — 39.20°N, 116.25°WPontyfenni — 52.00°N, 5.00°WLlanfallteg — 52.00°N, 5.00°WLlanfallteg — 51.83°N, 4.65°WLlanfallteg — 51.85°N, 4.92°WChedao — 37.00°N, 107.00°EChedao — 36.00°N, 107.00°EChedao — 36.08°N, 106.75°EEmanuel — 18.65°S, 125.92°E

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The named rock units Metagnostidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 176 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 75 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Metagnostidae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Metagnostidae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,881 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 502 sites for Metagnostidae, 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

182 references

Each of the 610 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. 170 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 Metagnostidae

Credit
Dwergenpaartje
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Metagnostidae 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. Jaekel 1909