Paracraniops

No picture of Paracraniops 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 Paracraniops, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CraniopsidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Craniopsida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Craniopsida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Craniopsida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Craniata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Craniata

Time the record covers

At least 16 million years on record.

The record covers at least 457.2 Mya to 440.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 458.2 Mya to 432.9 Mya.

Ordovician — about 58 of 101 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 43 of 101 occurrencesSilurian459–458 Mya — about 3 occurrences458–457 Mya — about 6 occurrences457–456 Mya — about 3 occurrences456–455 Mya — about 3 occurrences455–454 Mya — about 3 occurrences454–453 Mya — about 2 occurrences453–453 Mya — about 2 occurrences453–452 Mya — about 6 occurrences452–451 Mya — about 2 occurrences451–450 Mya — about 2 occurrences450–449 Mya — about 3 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 4 occurrences448–447 Mya — about 2 occurrences447–446 Mya — about 2 occurrences446–446 Mya — about 2 occurrences446–445 Mya — about 4 occurrences445–444 Mya — about 6 occurrences444–443 Mya — about 7 occurrences443–442 Mya — about 11 occurrences442–441 Mya — about 11 occurrences441–440 Mya — about 9 occurrences440–439 Mya — about 3 occurrences439–439 Mya — about 3 occurrences439–438 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences438–437 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences437–436 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences436–435 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences435–434 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences434–433 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences433–432 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences457.2 Mya440.5 Mya458.7 Mya432.4 Mya

101 occurrences of Paracraniops 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

101 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

31 formations

Wenallt — 51.83°N, 3.58°WHirmuse — 59.26°N, 27.00°EHirmuse — 59.35°N, 26.39°ESolvik — 59.92°N, 10.75°ERoss Brook — 45.62°N, 61.97°WCwm Rhiwarth — 53.00°N, 3.00°WPorto de Santa Anna — 40.00°N, 8.00°WPorto de Santa Anna — 40.33°N, 8.35°WPorto de Santa Anna — 40.17°N, 8.18°WShiyang — 28.71°N, 118.35°EAnji — 28.71°N, 118.35°EAnji — 29.50°N, 118.94°ESholeshook — 51.81°N, 4.94°WSholeshook — 51.80°N, 4.55°WSholeshook — 51.81°N, 4.95°WKorotkinskaya — 75.25°N, 99.90°EKilley Bridge — 54.60°N, 6.87°WSeyahou — 27.86°N, 56.33°EPen-y-planeau Siltstone — 53.00°N, 3.00°WSwch Gorge Tuff — 53.00°N, 3.00°WPen-y-garnedd — 53.00°N, 3.00°WAllt-Ddu Mudstones — 53.00°N, 4.00°WGelli-Grin — 53.00°N, 4.00°WNod Glas — 53.00°N, 4.00°WCheney Longville — 52.00°N, 3.00°WKosov — 50.00°N, 14.00°ETrefawr — 52.12°N, 3.55°WTangtou — 32.00°N, 119.00°EDolhir — 52.93°N, 3.18°WWufeng — 31.00°N, 112.00°E

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The named rock units Paracraniops has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 43 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Paracraniops and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Paracraniops and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

701 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 97 sites for Paracraniops, 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

32 references

Each of the 101 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. 20 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 Paracraniops 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 Paracraniops, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Paracraniops 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.

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. Williams 1963