Neospirifer

Neospirifer is an extinct genus of articulate brachiopod fossils belonging to the family Trigonotretidae.

Neospirifer

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
NeospiriferinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spiriferida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Spiriferida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Spiriferida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 88 million years on record.

The record covers at least 342.9 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 538.8 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 1035 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 0 of 1035 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 1035 occurrencesDevonian — about 0 of 1035 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 428 of 1035 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 606 of 1035 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 1035 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 1035 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 1035 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 1035 occurrences546–534 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences534–522 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences522–510 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences510–499 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences499–487 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences487–475 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences475–464 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences464–452 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences452–440 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences440–429 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences429–417 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences417–405 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences405–393 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences393–382 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences382–370 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences370–358 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences358–347 Mya — about 5 occurrences347–335 Mya — about 7 occurrences335–323 Mya — about 15 occurrences323–312 Mya — about 58 occurrences312–300 Mya — about 310 occurrences300–288 Mya — about 188 occurrences288–277 Mya — about 99 occurrences277–265 Mya — about 232 occurrences265–253 Mya — about 106 occurrences253–241 Mya — about 15 occurrences241–230 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences230–218 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences218–206 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences206–195 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences342.9 Mya254.14 Mya546 Mya195 Mya

1,035 occurrences of Neospirifer 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

1,035 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

209 formations

Foraker Limestone — 39.27°N, 96.44°WForaker Limestone — 39.85°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.37°N, 95.88°WForaker Limestone — 39.34°N, 96.05°WForaker Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.19°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 38.91°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WForaker Limestone — 37.35°N, 96.48°WForaker Limestone — 37.09°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.40°WForaker Limestone — 39.19°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 37.82°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 37.54°N, 96.48°WForaker Limestone — 39.92°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 38.72°N, 96.16°WForaker Limestone — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 37.25°N, 96.53°WForaker Limestone — 38.02°N, 96.28°WForaker Limestone — 38.81°N, 96.08°WForaker Limestone — 39.24°N, 95.47°WGraham — 33.02°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 33.00°N, 98.67°WGraham — 32.96°N, 98.76°WGraham — 31.50°N, 99.37°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 33.01°N, 98.52°WGraham — 31.49°N, 99.31°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.26°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.18°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WGraham — 33.10°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.12°N, 98.51°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WRoad Canyon — 30.36°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.34°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.27°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.24°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.40°WRoad Canyon — 30.22°N, 103.42°WCherokee Shale — 37.60°N, 94.68°WCherokee Shale — 37.35°N, 94.99°WCherokee Shale — 37.36°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.30°N, 94.95°WCherokee Shale — 37.04°N, 95.17°WCherokee Shale — 37.14°N, 95.10°WCherokee Shale — 37.58°N, 94.64°WCherokee Shale — 37.51°N, 94.64°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.95°WCherokee Shale — 37.10°N, 94.89°WCherokee Shale — 37.11°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.21°N, 95.00°WCherokee Shale — 37.65°N, 94.71°WWinchell — 31.50°N, 98.58°WWinchell — 33.03°N, 98.07°WCabaniss — 37.48°N, 94.61°WCabaniss — 37.59°N, 89.70°WCabaniss — 37.76°N, 94.46°WCabaniss — 38.28°N, 93.98°WCabaniss — 38.47°N, 93.87°WCabaniss — 38.64°N, 90.42°WCabaniss — 38.02°N, 94.36°WCabaniss — 38.04°N, 94.34°WCabaniss — 38.56°N, 93.57°WForaker Limestome — 39.49°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 39.39°N, 96.41°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WForaker Limestome — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestome — 38.15°N, 96.32°WCathedral Mountain — 30.41°N, 103.11°WCathedral Mountain — 30.30°N, 103.30°WCathedral Mountain — 30.25°N, 103.37°WCathedral Mountain — 30.33°N, 103.24°WCathedral Mountain — 30.37°N, 103.18°WCathedral Mountain — 30.23°N, 103.44°WBird Spring — 36.55°N, 115.69°WBird Spring — 36.73°N, 114.77°WBird Spring — 35.90°N, 115.24°WAmb — 32.47°N, 71.97°EAmb — 32.40°N, 72.17°EAmb — 32.45°N, 72.12°EAmb — 32.50°N, 71.93°EAmb — 32.63°N, 71.75°EAmb — 32.62°N, 72.78°EAmb — 32.75°N, 71.71°EAmb — 32.72°N, 71.75°EAmb — 32.70°N, 71.68°EAmb — 32.57°N, 72.41°ECallytharra — 25.27°S, 115.34°ECallytharra — 24.55°S, 115.30°ECallytharra — 23.96°S, 115.07°ECallytharra — 25.88°S, 115.50°ECallytharra — 25.07°S, 115.55°ECallytharra — 25.72°S, 115.88°ECallytharra — 24.89°S, 115.55°ECallytharra — 25.00°S, 115.00°ECallytharra — 25.59°S, 115.95°ECallytharra — 25.21°S, 115.52°EHarpersville — 32.90°N, 98.90°WHarpersville — 32.96°N, 98.76°WHarpersville — 31.50°N, 99.37°WHarpersville — 33.11°N, 98.59°WNeal Ranch — 30.36°N, 103.13°WNeal Ranch — 30.35°N, 103.15°WGaptank — 30.36°N, 103.12°WGaptank — 30.32°N, 103.27°WGaptank — 30.33°N, 103.25°WWord — 30.39°N, 103.18°WWord — 30.33°N, 103.31°WJanesville Shale — 39.49°N, 96.27°WJanesville Shale — 38.31°N, 95.30°WJanesville Shale — 39.28°N, 96.43°WJanesville Shale — 39.15°N, 96.46°WJanesville Shale — 39.10°N, 96.37°WJanesville Shale — 38.93°N, 96.05°WJanesville Shale — 38.82°N, 96.05°WJanesville Shale — 38.67°N, 96.12°WJanesville Shale — 38.03°N, 96.28°WJanesville Shale — 37.46°N, 96.41°WJanesville Shale — 40.45°N, 95.98°WGrenola Limestone — 39.20°N, 96.62°WGrenola Limestone — 37.80°N, 96.40°WGrenola Limestone — 38.56°N, 96.37°WGrenola Limestone — 38.50°N, 96.35°WGrenola Limestone — 38.87°N, 96.20°WGrenola Limestone — 39.39°N, 96.40°WGrenola Limestone — 39.06°N, 96.28°WPottawatomie — 39.10°N, 94.57°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°WPottawatomie — 39.05°N, 94.67°WPottawatomie — 38.94°N, 95.10°WElephant Canyon — 38.50°N, 109.67°WHonaker Trail — 38.58°N, 109.58°WQubuerga — 28.27°N, 86.97°EQubuerga — 28.32°N, 86.85°EQubuerga — 28.43°N, 86.12°EKrebs — 37.56°N, 94.54°WKrebs — 37.87°N, 94.39°WKrebs — 37.79°N, 91.53°WKrebs — 37.85°N, 94.51°WOmolon — 62.75°N, 159.50°EOmolon — 63.67°N, 159.16°EOmolon — 63.83°N, 159.90°EOmolon — 63.10°N, 159.25°EWargal — 32.57°N, 72.41°EWargal — 32.52°N, 72.30°EWargal — 32.47°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.55°N, 71.77°EWargal — 32.26°N, 71.10°E

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The named rock units Neospirifer has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 185 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 109 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Neospirifer and its relatives

Permian

Where Neospirifer and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

346 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 935 sites for Neospirifer, 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

180 references

Each of the 1,035 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. 168 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 content2

Picture of Neospirifer

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Fredericks 1919)