Odontopleurida

Odontopleurida is an order of very spinose trilobites closely related to the trilobites of the order Lichida. Some experts group the Odontopleurid families, Odontopleuridae and Damesellidae, within Lichida. Odontopleurids tend to have convex, bar-shaped cephalons, and lobed, knob-shaped glabella that extend to, or almost to the anterior margin. Many, if not almost all odontopleurids have long spines that are derived either from the margins of the exoskeleton, or from granular or tubercular ornamentation, or both. There are odontopleurids so spinose as to have spines on some of their spines. Odontopleurids have 8 to 13 thoracic segments, with Odontopleuridae odontopleurids having no more than 10, and Damesellidae odontopleurids having no more than 13. The pygidium tends to be very small, and invariably has long spines emanating from it in all known genera.

Odontopleurida

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TrilobitaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Trilobita
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 113 million years on record.

The record covers at least 488.9 Mya to 375.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 493.5 Mya to 372.15 Mya.

Cambrian — about 1 of 1389 occurrencesOrdovician — about 498 of 1389 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 551 of 1389 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 340 of 1389 occurrencesDevonian496–492 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences492–488 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences488–483 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences483–479 Mya — about 1 occurrence479–475 Mya — about 3 occurrences475–471 Mya — about 10 occurrences471–466 Mya — about 21 occurrences466–462 Mya — about 23 occurrences462–458 Mya — about 62 occurrences458–454 Mya — about 95 occurrences454–450 Mya — about 130 occurrences450–445 Mya — about 106 occurrences445–441 Mya — about 99 occurrences441–437 Mya — about 115 occurrences437–433 Mya — about 87 occurrences433–429 Mya — about 157 occurrences429–424 Mya — about 91 occurrences424–420 Mya — about 44 occurrences420–416 Mya — about 30 occurrences416–412 Mya — about 70 occurrences412–408 Mya — about 60 occurrences408–403 Mya — about 21 occurrences403–399 Mya — about 21 occurrences399–395 Mya — about 30 occurrences395–391 Mya — about 46 occurrences391–387 Mya — about 40 occurrences387–382 Mya — about 11 occurrences382–378 Mya — about 3 occurrences378–374 Mya — about 5 occurrences374–370 Mya — about 5 occurrences488.9 Mya375.2 Mya496 Mya370 Mya

1,389 occurrences of Odontopleurida 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

1,389 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

339 formations

Cape Phillips — 75.13°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 75.10°N, 94.00°WCape Phillips — 75.00°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 74.10°N, 94.00°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WWhittaker — 62.00°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 62.38°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 62.77°N, 125.25°WDelorme — 63.30°N, 128.57°WDelorme — 63.10°N, 128.68°WDelorme — 62.38°N, 127.00°WDelorme — 62.78°N, 125.25°WJupiter — 49.51°N, 63.63°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.12°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.51°WJupiter — 49.56°N, 63.35°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.40°WJupiter — 49.25°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.21°N, 62.23°WJupiter — 49.12°N, 62.22°WJupiter — 49.19°N, 62.40°WJupiter — 49.13°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.26°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.16°WMotol — 50.08°N, 14.47°EMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°EMotol — 50.05°N, 14.37°EMotol — 50.03°N, 14.32°EMotol — 50.00°N, 14.22°EMotol — 49.97°N, 14.13°EBecscie — 49.82°N, 64.35°WBecscie — 49.42°N, 62.25°WBecscie — 49.40°N, 62.43°WBecscie — 49.80°N, 64.42°WBecscie — 49.56°N, 63.35°WBecscie — 49.74°N, 63.90°WKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 14.22°EKopanina — 50.20°N, 12.48°EKopanina — 50.03°N, 14.32°EKopanina — 49.52°N, 13.50°EKopanina — 49.93°N, 14.18°EKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.00°EGarra — 32.58°S, 148.95°EEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.36°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.35°WEdinburg — 38.84°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 38.82°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 38.56°N, 78.86°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WKope — 39.01°N, 84.45°WKope — 39.06°N, 84.44°WKope — 39.03°N, 84.54°WKope — 38.68°N, 83.79°WKope — 38.68°N, 84.04°WKope — 39.07°N, 84.50°WLiben — 50.00°N, 14.00°ELiben — 49.74°N, 13.54°ELiben — 49.72°N, 13.57°ELiben — 49.80°N, 13.63°ELiben — 49.82°N, 13.70°ELiben — 49.82°N, 13.75°EIhandar — 30.84°N, 4.92°WIhandar — 30.96°N, 5.02°WIhandar — 30.73°N, 4.64°WBoda Limestone — 60.97°N, 15.15°EBoda Limestone — 61.17°N, 14.71°EBoda Limestone — 61.05°N, 15.20°EBoda Limestone — 61.15°N, 15.12°EBoda Limestone — 60.07°N, 15.18°EEsbataottine — 62.00°N, 127.00°WEsbataottine — 61.72°N, 125.93°WEsbataottine — 61.63°N, 125.73°WEsbataottine — 62.52°N, 124.78°WEsbataottine — 61.63°N, 125.75°WLochkov — 49.93°N, 14.18°ELochkov — 50.08°N, 14.47°ELochkov — 49.95°N, 14.08°ELochkov — 49.50°N, 14.33°ELochkov — 50.00°N, 14.35°EWhite Head — 48.50°N, 64.25°WWhite Head — 48.56°N, 64.41°WWhite Head — 46.88°N, 60.35°WWhite Head — 48.50°N, 64.23°WZelkovice — 50.01°N, 14.09°ERacine Dolomite — 41.67°N, 88.00°WRacine Dolomite — 43.00°N, 88.00°WRacine Dolomite — 38.97°N, 90.43°WRacine Dolomite — 41.12°N, 88.02°WRacine Dolomite — 42.72°N, 87.78°WRacine Dolomite — 41.57°N, 87.60°WCystoid Limestone — 41.15°N, 1.18°WCystoid Limestone — 41.17°N, 1.15°WSolvang — 60.00°N, 11.00°ESolvang — 59.85°N, 10.73°ESolvang — 61.33°N, 8.80°ESolvang — 58.45°N, 8.76°ESolvang — 60.05°N, 10.18°ESolvang — 60.00°N, 9.97°ESolvang — 60.36°N, 10.54°EBalclatchie — 55.21°N, 4.83°WBalclatchie — 54.84°N, 4.05°WPozary — 49.95°N, 12.93°EPozary — 50.03°N, 14.32°EPozary — 50.00°N, 17.78°EPozary — 49.52°N, 13.50°EHughley Shales — 52.67°N, 2.00°WHughley Shales — 52.46°N, 2.85°WWaynesville — 39.45°N, 83.83°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.48°N, 84.07°WWaynesville — 39.44°N, 85.01°W

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The named rock units Odontopleurida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 315 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 133 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Odontopleurida and its relatives

Silurian

Where Odontopleurida and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

2,925 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 881 sites for Odontopleurida, 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

307 references

Each of the 1,389 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. 295 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 Odontopleurida

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Daderot
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CC0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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Free Standard
Commercial use
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Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Whittington 1959