Orthidae

The Orthidae are a family of brachiopods that belong in the order Orthida. They range from the Early Ordovician to the Early Devonian. This family includes the genus Orthis, which is the namesake of this family, as well as the order Orthida.

Orthidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OrthoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Orthida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Orthida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Orthida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 315 million years on record.

The record covers at least 483.4 Mya to 168.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 488.9 Mya to 165.3 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 1150 occurrencesOrdovician — about 1016 of 1150 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 77 of 1150 occurrencesDevonian — about 46 of 1150 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 2 of 1150 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 8 of 1150 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 1150 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 1150 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 1150 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 1150 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 1 of 1150 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 1150 occurrences495–484 Mya — about 8 occurrences484–473 Mya — about 121 occurrences473–462 Mya — about 524 occurrences462–450 Mya — about 212 occurrences450–439 Mya — about 178 occurrences439–428 Mya — about 33 occurrences428–417 Mya — about 21 occurrences417–406 Mya — about 17 occurrences406–394 Mya — about 4 occurrences394–383 Mya — about 16 occurrences383–372 Mya — about 5 occurrences372–361 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences361–350 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences350–338 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences338–327 Mya — about 1 occurrence305–293 Mya — about 2 occurrences293–282 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences271–260 Mya — about 1 occurrence260–249 Mya — about 5 occurrences170–159 Mya — about 1 occurrence483.4 Mya168.2 Mya495 Mya159 Mya

1,150 occurrences of Orthidae 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

1,150 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

290 formations

Antelope Valley — 39.09°N, 116.85°WAntelope Valley — 36.78°N, 115.89°WAntelope Valley — 38.05°N, 116.45°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 36.65°N, 116.17°WAntelope Valley — 38.53°N, 116.40°WAntelope Valley — 37.34°N, 115.38°WAntelope Valley — 37.30°N, 115.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.20°N, 116.25°WAntelope Valley — 39.00°N, 116.62°WAntelope Valley — 39.60°N, 116.26°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 36.42°N, 116.62°WAntelope Valley — 36.79°N, 117.54°WAntelope Valley — 36.27°N, 115.68°WAntelope Valley — 38.82°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 39.07°N, 116.72°WDawan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 27.00°N, 108.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 108.00°EDawan — 29.00°N, 109.00°EDawan — 30.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 31.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 27.00°N, 101.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 118.00°EDawan — 31.00°N, 118.00°EDawan — 30.00°N, 116.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EDawan — 30.89°N, 111.41°EDawan — 30.86°N, 110.37°EVolkhov — 59.87°N, 31.43°EVolkhov — 59.97°N, 32.57°EUzunbulak — 43.92°N, 75.25°EUzunbulak — 43.91°N, 75.44°EUzunbulak — 44.09°N, 75.14°EUzunbulak — 43.82°N, 75.31°EUzunbulak — 44.04°N, 75.12°EObukhovo — 59.77°N, 30.33°EObukhovo — 59.87°N, 31.43°EObukhovo — 59.90°N, 32.35°EObukhovo — 60.05°N, 32.59°EMeitan — 28.00°N, 107.00°EMeitan — 29.00°N, 107.00°EMeitan — 27.00°N, 107.00°EMeitan — 27.00°N, 105.00°EMeitan — 28.00°N, 105.00°EKanosh Shale — 38.78°N, 113.59°WKanosh Shale — 38.60°N, 113.75°WKanosh Shale — 39.89°N, 113.37°WKanosh Shale — 38.85°N, 113.46°WKanosh Shale — 38.87°N, 113.42°WKanosh Shale — 38.88°N, 113.47°WStairway — 24.14°S, 132.27°EStairway — 24.43°S, 132.17°ENavas de Estena — 39.00°N, 4.00°WNavas de Estena — 39.52°N, 4.19°WNavas de Estena — 39.46°N, 4.48°WNavas de Estena — 39.51°N, 4.35°WMytton Flags — 52.67°N, 2.00°WDashaba — 28.33°N, 103.83°ESillaoru — 59.87°N, 31.43°ESillaoru — 60.05°N, 32.59°EKõrgessaare — 58.98°N, 22.46°EKõrgessaare — 58.98°N, 22.81°EKõrgessaare — 59.19°N, 25.84°EKõrgessaare — 59.13°N, 24.47°EKõrgessaare — 59.03°N, 23.22°EKõrgessaare — 59.02°N, 23.14°EKõrgessaare — 59.27°N, 25.85°EKõrgessaare — 59.19°N, 24.95°EFosses — 50.36°N, 4.60°EFosses — 50.40°N, 4.90°EFosses — 50.40°N, 4.72°EDay Point — 44.87°N, 73.48°WDay Point — 44.60°N, 73.44°WDay Point — 44.58°N, 73.53°WDay Point — 44.68°N, 73.45°WLynna — 60.00°N, 32.56°EPakri Sandstone — 59.44°N, 27.21°EPakri Sandstone — 59.34°N, 23.98°EPakri Sandstone — 59.40°N, 24.56°EPakri Sandstone — 59.45°N, 25.18°EPakri Sandstone — 59.41°N, 24.43°EPakri Sandstone — 59.38°N, 24.04°EPakri Sandstone — 59.35°N, 24.07°EPakri Sandstone — 59.44°N, 24.51°EPakri Sandstone — 59.41°N, 24.31°ESan José — 13.32°S, 70.31°WSuri — 29.00°S, 68.00°WSuri — 28.00°S, 68.00°WSuri — 28.73°S, 67.81°WMoe — 59.26°N, 26.00°EMoe — 59.02°N, 23.14°EMoe — 58.67°N, 24.57°EMoe — 59.03°N, 23.65°EMoe — 59.18°N, 24.86°EHonghuayuan — 29.00°N, 110.00°EHonghuayuan — 30.00°N, 111.00°EHonghuayuan — 31.00°N, 111.00°EHonghuayuan — 32.00°N, 118.00°EHonghuayuan — 31.00°N, 118.00°EHonghuayuan — 32.00°N, 119.00°ESan Juan — 30.00°S, 69.00°WSan Juan — 31.00°S, 69.00°WTully — 42.66°N, 75.38°WTully — 42.79°N, 75.80°WTully — 42.74°N, 75.88°WTully — 42.76°N, 75.73°WStinchar — 55.21°N, 4.78°WStinchar — 55.26°N, 4.30°WStinchar — 55.21°N, 4.70°W

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The named rock units Orthidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 266 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 136 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Orthidae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Orthidae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

2,142 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 952 sites for Orthidae, 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

239 references

Each of the 1,150 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. 227 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 Orthidae

Source
iDigBio
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Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Orthidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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

Licence
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. Woodward 1852