Ophileta

Ophileta

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OphiletidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Euomphalina
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Euomphalina
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Euomphalina
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 38 million years on record.

The record covers at least 483.4 Mya to 445.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 488.9 Mya to 443.1 Mya.

Cambrian — about 1 of 69 occurrencesOrdovician — about 68 of 69 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 69 occurrences490–488 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences488–487 Mya — about 2 occurrences487–485 Mya — about 7 occurrences485–483 Mya — about 7 occurrences483–482 Mya — about 5 occurrences482–480 Mya — about 4 occurrences480–479 Mya — about 4 occurrences479–477 Mya — about 5 occurrences477–476 Mya — about 5 occurrences476–474 Mya — about 5 occurrences474–472 Mya — about 5 occurrences472–471 Mya — about 5 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 4 occurrences469–468 Mya — about 3 occurrences468–466 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences466–464 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences464–463 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences463–461 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences461–460 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences460–458 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences458–456 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences456–455 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences455–453 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences453–452 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences452–450 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences450–449 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences449–447 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences445–444 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences483.4 Mya445.2 Mya489.8 Mya442.2 Mya

69 occurrences of Ophileta 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

69 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

33 formations

Lianjiashan — 40.00°N, 118.00°ELianjiashan — 39.00°N, 118.00°ELianjiashan — 41.00°N, 118.00°ELianjiashan — 40.00°N, 119.00°ELianjiashan — 40.00°N, 114.00°EXia Majiagou — 40.00°N, 118.00°EXia Majiagou — 39.00°N, 118.00°EXia Majiagou — 40.00°N, 114.00°EChepultepec — 36.73°N, 81.77°WChepultepec — 38.80°N, 78.55°WChepultepec — 35.07°N, 85.58°WHonghuayuan — 28.00°N, 109.00°EHonghuayuan — 30.00°N, 111.00°EHonghuayuan — 31.00°N, 111.00°EHonghuayuan — 31.00°N, 118.00°ETanyard — 30.27°N, 97.74°WTanyard — 30.92°N, 99.50°WTanyard — 31.00°N, 98.53°WYeli — 41.00°N, 118.00°EYeli — 40.00°N, 119.00°EYeli — 38.00°N, 113.00°ETribes Hill — 42.94°N, 74.28°WTribes Hill — 43.02°N, 74.74°WGasconade — 38.10°N, 91.13°WGasconade — 37.14°N, 91.35°WSuri — 29.00°S, 68.00°WSuri — 28.00°S, 68.00°WLiangJiaShan — 40.00°N, 123.00°ELiangJiaShan — 43.58°N, 125.17°EHoneycut — 31.02°N, 98.53°WHoneycut — 31.08°N, 98.57°WOneota Dolomite — 44.40°N, 92.08°WOneota Dolomite — 43.54°N, 91.18°WWatts Bight — 48.55°N, 58.73°WBoat Harbour — 48.54°N, 58.74°WBoat Harbour — 50.92°N, 57.18°WGreat Meadows — 43.91°N, 73.42°WHouse — 38.88°N, 113.44°WGorman — 30.27°N, 97.74°WRockdale Run — 39.63°N, 77.82°WDawan — 31.00°N, 111.00°EFengxiang — 31.00°N, 111.00°EWenchang — 29.00°N, 119.00°EChangwu — 30.00°N, 120.00°ESan Juan — 32.00°S, 69.00°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 44.98°N, 93.26°W

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The named rock units Ophileta has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 9 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 6 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ophileta and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Ophileta and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

403 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 66 sites for Ophileta, and this reads all 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

40 references

Each of the 69 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. 28 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 Ophileta

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. (Vanuxem 1842)