Phacopidae

Phacopidae is a family of phacopid trilobites that ranges from the Lower Ordovician to the Upper Devonian, with representatives in all paleocontinents.

Phacopidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PhacopoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Phacopina
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Vision
well-developedPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 100 million years on record.

The record covers at least 459.7 Mya to 358.86 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 353.7 Mya.

Ordovician — about 41 of 1501 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 278 of 1501 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 1182 of 1501 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1 of 1501 occurrences474–470 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences470–465 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences465–461 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences461–457 Mya — about 3 occurrences457–453 Mya — about 6 occurrences453–449 Mya — about 11 occurrences449–445 Mya — about 17 occurrences445–441 Mya — about 30 occurrences441–437 Mya — about 94 occurrences437–433 Mya — about 62 occurrences433–429 Mya — about 24 occurrences429–425 Mya — about 29 occurrences425–421 Mya — about 38 occurrences421–417 Mya — about 19 occurrences417–413 Mya — about 49 occurrences413–408 Mya — about 118 occurrences408–404 Mya — about 35 occurrences404–400 Mya — about 35 occurrences400–396 Mya — about 63 occurrences396–392 Mya — about 96 occurrences392–388 Mya — about 177 occurrences388–384 Mya — about 233 occurrences384–380 Mya — about 104 occurrences380–376 Mya — about 9 occurrences376–372 Mya — about 33 occurrences372–368 Mya — about 47 occurrences368–364 Mya — about 66 occurrences364–360 Mya — about 85 occurrences360–355 Mya — about 14 occurrences355–351 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences459.7 Mya358.86 Mya474 Mya351 Mya

1,501 occurrences of Phacopidae on record, most of them in the Devonian. 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

1,501 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

330 formations

Ludlowville — 42.76°N, 78.65°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.88°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.70°N, 76.75°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 76.50°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.35°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.22°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.37°WLudlowville — 43.00°N, 79.00°WLudlowville — 42.91°N, 78.48°WLudlowville — 42.77°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.75°N, 76.77°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.51°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.75°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.33°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.14°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 75.54°WLudlowville — 42.74°N, 75.54°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.62°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.60°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.12°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.51°WJupiter — 49.56°N, 63.35°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.40°WJupiter — 49.35°N, 63.25°WJupiter — 49.25°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.25°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.22°N, 62.24°WJupiter — 49.15°N, 62.20°WJupiter — 49.24°N, 62.39°WJupiter — 49.14°N, 62.36°WJupiter — 49.13°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.23°N, 62.55°WJupiter — 49.23°N, 62.60°WJupiter — 49.48°N, 63.16°WJupiter — 49.43°N, 63.12°WSkaneateles — 42.80°N, 76.69°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 76.47°WSkaneateles — 42.97°N, 76.44°WSkaneateles — 42.95°N, 76.43°WSkaneateles — 42.98°N, 76.34°WSkaneateles — 42.94°N, 76.25°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.15°WSkaneateles — 42.94°N, 76.07°WSkaneateles — 42.93°N, 75.99°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.89°WSkaneateles — 42.95°N, 75.88°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 75.60°WSkaneateles — 42.87°N, 77.87°WSkaneateles — 42.98°N, 76.09°WMoscow — 42.71°N, 78.94°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 78.68°WMoscow — 42.90°N, 78.04°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 77.90°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 78.86°WMoscow — 42.73°N, 75.51°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 76.74°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 75.18°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 75.57°WMoscow — 42.70°N, 75.43°WMoscow — 42.58°N, 75.06°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.15°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.83°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.57°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.33°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.95°WMoscow — 42.47°N, 74.48°WWocklum Limestone — 51.40°N, 7.83°EKopanina — 50.08°N, 14.47°EKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.35°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°EKopanina — 49.96°N, 14.18°EKopanina — 49.52°N, 13.50°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 14.07°EKopanina — 50.05°N, 14.37°EKopanina — 49.90°N, 14.10°EKopanina — 50.38°N, 13.84°EWhite Head — 48.50°N, 64.25°WWhite Head — 48.57°N, 64.42°WWhite Head — 48.57°N, 64.33°WWhite Head — 46.88°N, 60.35°WWhite Head — 48.50°N, 64.23°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 41.12°N, 84.85°WCoumiac — 43.43°N, 3.05°ECoumiac — 43.47°N, 3.09°ECoumiac — 43.55°N, 3.29°EChefar el Ahmar — 29.56°N, 2.15°WJemelle — 50.07°N, 4.61°EJemelle — 50.16°N, 5.26°EJemelle — 50.05°N, 4.47°EJemelle — 49.98°N, 4.70°EJemelle — 50.26°N, 5.47°EChefar el Ahmar — 30.08°N, 2.24°WOnondaga — 39.26°N, 78.53°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WVirgin Hills — 18.49°S, 126.96°EVirgin Hills — 18.75°S, 126.03°EVirgin Hills — 18.74°S, 126.08°EVirgin Hills — 18.51°S, 125.95°ETully — 42.66°N, 75.38°WTully — 42.60°N, 75.34°WTully — 42.79°N, 75.80°WTully — 42.53°N, 76.53°WTully — 42.54°N, 74.81°WZlichov Limestone — 50.00°N, 14.00°EZlichov Limestone — 49.50°N, 14.33°ENehden — 50.74°N, 8.35°ENehden — 51.43°N, 8.63°EChotec — 50.08°N, 14.43°EChotec — 49.50°N, 14.33°EMahantango — 40.50°N, 77.25°WMahantango — 40.05°N, 77.52°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 76.92°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.00°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 76.92°WAmerboh — 31.38°N, 4.07°WAmerboh — 31.37°N, 4.05°WMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°EMotol — 49.95°N, 12.93°EMotol — 49.95°N, 14.22°EMotol — 49.77°N, 13.25°EMotol — 50.08°N, 14.47°EMotol — 49.97°N, 14.13°EPilton Shales — 51.08°N, 4.05°WTangxiang — 22.00°N, 108.00°ETangxiang — 22.52°N, 107.98°EHanonet — 50.05°N, 4.48°EHanonet — 50.09°N, 5.18°EHanonet — 50.06°N, 4.50°EHanonet — 50.07°N, 4.65°E

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The named rock units Phacopidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 306 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 205 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Phacopidae and its relatives

Devonian

Where Phacopidae and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

1,446 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,116 sites for Phacopidae, 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

299 references

Each of the 1,501 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. 287 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

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Picture of Phacopidae

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No 3D scan of Phacopidae 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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Hawle and Corda 1847