Paterula

Paterula

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PaterulidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Linguloidea
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Linguloidea
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Linguloidea
Vision
blindPBDB, for Lingulata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 83 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 393.47 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.4 Mya to 387.95 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 137 occurrencesOrdovician — about 129 of 137 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 5 of 137 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 3 of 137 occurrencesDevonian488–485 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences485–482 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences482–478 Mya — about 2 occurrences478–475 Mya — about 3 occurrences475–471 Mya — about 3 occurrences471–468 Mya — about 9 occurrences468–464 Mya — about 10 occurrences464–461 Mya — about 14 occurrences461–458 Mya — about 25 occurrences458–454 Mya — about 13 occurrences454–451 Mya — about 15 occurrences451–447 Mya — about 24 occurrences447–444 Mya — about 9 occurrences444–441 Mya — about 2 occurrences441–437 Mya — about 3 occurrences437–434 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences434–430 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences424–420 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences420–417 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences417–413 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences413–410 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences410–406 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences406–403 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences403–400 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences400–396 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences396–393 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences393–389 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences389–386 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences477.1 Mya393.47 Mya488 Mya386 Mya

137 occurrences of Paterula 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

137 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

70 formations

Malongulli — 33.55°S, 148.85°EMalongulli — 34.00°S, 148.00°EMalongulli — 33.10°S, 148.87°EMalongulli — 33.56°S, 148.85°EMalongulli — 33.21°S, 148.87°EMeadowtown Beds — 52.67°N, 2.00°WLiben — 50.00°N, 14.00°ELiben — 49.72°N, 13.57°EHope Shales — 52.67°N, 2.00°WFjacka Shale — 58.00°N, 12.00°EJonstorp — 58.36°N, 25.57°ESlandrom — 58.38°N, 13.82°ESlandrom — 58.17°N, 13.53°ESlandrom — 58.45°N, 14.89°ESlandrom — 60.92°N, 15.09°EJerrestad Shale — 57.78°N, 14.18°EJerrestad Shale — 55.54°N, 14.29°EBohdalec — 50.00°N, 14.00°ESpy Wood Grit — 52.67°N, 2.00°WKilley Bridge — 54.60°N, 6.87°WLeetse — 59.88°N, 31.59°ESeby Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EToila — 59.44°N, 27.31°ELas Aguaditas — 30.27°S, 68.82°WLas Aguaditas — 30.31°S, 68.92°WDobrotiva — 50.00°N, 14.00°EVinice — 50.00°N, 14.00°EZahorany — 50.00°N, 14.00°EShallow Bay — 49.92°N, 57.83°WFfairfach Flags and Grits — 52.00°N, 4.00°WQumes — 36.21°N, 54.23°ETudulinna — 58.36°N, 25.57°EHolen Limestone — 58.38°N, 13.82°EHolen Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EGullhögen — 58.38°N, 13.82°E

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The named rock units Paterula has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 46 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Paterula and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Paterula and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,290 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 133 sites for Paterula, 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

44 references

Each of the 137 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. 32 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 Paterula

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

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. Barrande 1879