Odontopleuridae

Odontopleuridae is a family of odontopleurid trilobites found in marine strata throughout the world. The family is Late Cambrian to Frasnian in age. The members of Odontopleuridae are known for their spinose appearance, having long, often numerous spines along the edges of their exoskeletons, and derived from ends of segments or tubercle ornaments.

Odontopleuridae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OdontopleuridaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Vision
well-developedPBDB
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 1377 occurrencesOrdovician — about 493 of 1377 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 544 of 1377 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 340 of 1377 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 20 occurrences466–462 Mya — about 23 occurrences462–458 Mya — about 62 occurrences458–454 Mya — about 95 occurrences454–450 Mya — about 127 occurrences450–445 Mya — about 106 occurrences445–441 Mya — about 99 occurrences441–437 Mya — about 115 occurrences437–433 Mya — about 86 occurrences433–429 Mya — about 155 occurrences429–424 Mya — about 88 occurrences424–420 Mya — about 43 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

1,377 occurrences of Odontopleuridae 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

1,377 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

334 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°WGarra — 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°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°EKope — 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 Odontopleuridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 310 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 131 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Odontopleuridae and its relatives

Silurian

Where Odontopleuridae and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

2,924 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 870 sites for Odontopleuridae, 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

302 references

Each of the 1,377 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. 290 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 Odontopleuridae

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CC0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Odontopleuridae 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.

The description on this site

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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. Burmeister 1843