Paltodus

No picture of Paltodus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Paltodus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DrepanoistodontidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Conodonta
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Conodonta
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Conodonta
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Conodonta

Time the record covers

At least 101 million years on record.

The record covers at least 483.8 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 237 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 335 occurrencesOrdovician — about 89 of 335 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 234 of 335 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 9 of 335 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 3 of 335 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 335 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 335 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 335 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 335 occurrences492–483 Mya — about 17 occurrences483–475 Mya — about 37 occurrences475–466 Mya — about 17 occurrences466–457 Mya — about 9 occurrences457–449 Mya — about 8 occurrences449–440 Mya — about 61 occurrences440–431 Mya — about 149 occurrences431–423 Mya — about 20 occurrences423–414 Mya — about 12 occurrences414–405 Mya — about 1 occurrence388–379 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences379–371 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences371–362 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences362–353 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences353–345 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences345–336 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences336–327 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences327–319 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences319–310 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences310–301 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences301–293 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences293–284 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences284–275 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences275–267 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences267–258 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences258–249 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences249–241 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences241–232 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences483.8 Mya382.31 Mya492 Mya232 Mya

335 occurrences of Paltodus 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

335 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

55 formations

Esill Shale — 37.70°N, 83.97°WEsill Shale — 37.80°N, 84.08°WEsill Shale — 38.17°N, 83.58°WEsill Shale — 38.22°N, 83.65°WEsill Shale — 38.55°N, 83.57°WEsill Shale — 38.58°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.73°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.77°N, 83.42°WBrassfield — 39.77°N, 85.47°WBrassfield — 39.37°N, 85.44°WBrassfield — 38.87°N, 85.19°WBrassfield — 38.75°N, 85.44°WBrassfield — 39.10°N, 85.36°WBrassfield — 38.63°N, 85.45°WBrassfield — 38.60°N, 85.51°WBrassfield — 38.56°N, 85.63°WBrassfield — 38.67°N, 85.46°WBrassfield — 38.48°N, 85.51°WBrassfield — 38.07°N, 85.74°WBrassfield — 38.04°N, 85.81°WBrassfield — 38.34°N, 86.07°WBrassfield — 38.48°N, 85.55°WSalamonie — 39.37°N, 85.44°WSalamonie — 39.19°N, 85.56°WSalamonie — 39.10°N, 85.36°WSalamonie — 38.96°N, 85.48°WSalamonie — 38.75°N, 85.44°WSalamonie — 38.60°N, 85.51°WSalamonie — 38.48°N, 85.51°WSalamonie — 38.67°N, 85.46°WSalamonie — 38.48°N, 85.55°WSalamonie — 38.34°N, 86.07°WSalamonie — 38.04°N, 85.81°WSalamonie Dolomite — 40.03°N, 85.34°WSalamonie Dolomite — 39.57°N, 85.75°WSalamonie Dolomite — 38.66°N, 85.72°WSalamonie Dolomite — 38.56°N, 85.63°WLeetse — 59.43°N, 24.78°EFengxiang — 33.00°N, 111.00°EKess Kess — 31.37°N, 7.30°WBjörkåsholmen — 59.67°N, 14.03°EUst’Kut — 60.00°N, 116.00°EUst’Kut — 61.00°N, 114.00°EUst’Kut — 60.00°N, 118.00°EZitai — 30.28°N, 117.37°ELas Aguaditas — 30.36°S, 68.80°WGreen Point — 49.77°N, 57.91°WGreen Point — 49.78°N, 57.84°WDawan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EHonghuayuan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EHonghuayuan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EYeli — 40.00°N, 118.00°EYeli — 39.00°N, 118.00°EYeli — 39.00°N, 115.00°ENazya — 59.88°N, 31.59°ENazya — 59.87°N, 31.43°EDumugol — 37.19°N, 128.74°ESan Juan — 30.36°S, 68.80°WGuniutan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EGuniutan — 32.00°N, 119.00°ELianjiashan — 40.00°N, 118.00°ELianjiashan — 39.00°N, 115.00°ETochil’naya — 60.00°N, 116.00°ETochil’naya — 61.00°N, 114.00°ECowombat — 36.00°S, 147.00°ESugar River Limestone — 44.00°N, 75.00°WSugar River Limestone — 43.00°N, 75.00°WSimeh-Kuh — 36.21°N, 54.22°E

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The named rock units Paltodus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 31 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 6 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Paltodus and its relatives

Silurian

Where Paltodus and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

730 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 99 sites for Paltodus, 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

43 references

Each of the 335 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. 31 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 content0

No picture of Paltodus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Paltodus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Paltodus 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.

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. Pander 1856