Orthostrophia

Orthostrophia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OrthidaePBDB
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 22 million years on record.

The record covers at least 432.9 Mya to 410.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 393.47 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 27 occurrencesSilurian — about 16 of 27 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 11 of 27 occurrencesDevonian444–442 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences442–441 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences441–439 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences439–437 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences435–434 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences434–432 Mya — about 1 occurrence432–430 Mya — about 2 occurrences430–429 Mya — about 2 occurrences429–427 Mya — about 2 occurrences427–425 Mya — about 1 occurrence425–423 Mya — about 3 occurrences423–422 Mya — about 2 occurrences422–420 Mya — about 1 occurrence420–418 Mya — about 2 occurrences418–417 Mya — about 2 occurrences417–415 Mya — about 2 occurrences415–413 Mya — about 2 occurrences413–411 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences411–410 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences410–408 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences408–406 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences406–405 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences405–403 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences403–401 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences401–399 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences399–398 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences398–396 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences396–394 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences394–392 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences432.9 Mya410.62 Mya444 Mya392 Mya

27 occurrences of Orthostrophia 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

27 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

14 formations

Henryhouse — 35.08°N, 98.24°WHenryhouse — 34.67°N, 96.74°WKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.35°EKopanina — 50.08°N, 14.47°ERochester — 43.16°N, 79.05°WRochester — 43.18°N, 78.72°WRochester — 43.16°N, 77.68°WLos Espejos — 30.25°S, 68.75°WLos Espejos — 30.21°S, 68.88°WRoss — 36.00°N, 88.00°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WRead Bay — 74.70°N, 94.82°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.62°WTor Limestone — 39.09°N, 116.85°WMcMonnigal Limestone — 39.09°N, 116.85°WLlallagua — 17.75°S, 64.82°WDecker — 44.33°N, 74.17°WWaldron Shale — 39.45°N, 85.67°WOsgood Shale — 39.00°N, 85.00°WGaspe — 48.87°N, 64.21°W

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The named rock units Orthostrophia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Orthostrophia and its relatives

Silurian

Where Orthostrophia and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

517 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 27 sites for Orthostrophia, 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

20 references

Each of the 27 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. 8 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 Orthostrophia

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itOrthidae through timeFormations of the SilurianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.