Phacopina

The Phacopina comprise a suborder of the trilobite order Phacopida. Species belonging to the Phacopina lived from the Lower Ordovician (Tremadocian) through the end of the Upper Devonian (Famennian). The one unique feature that distinguishes Phacopina from all other trilobites are the very large, separately set lenses without a common cornea of the compound eye.

Phacopina

Ronald Flipphi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PhacopidaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 118 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 358.86 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 488.9 Mya to 353.7 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 4366 occurrencesOrdovician — about 1592 of 4366 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 619 of 4366 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 2154 of 4366 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1 of 4366 occurrences492–487 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences487–482 Mya — about 3 occurrences482–478 Mya — about 3 occurrences478–473 Mya — about 17 occurrences473–468 Mya — about 76 occurrences468–463 Mya — about 97 occurrences463–459 Mya — about 243 occurrences459–454 Mya — about 316 occurrences454–449 Mya — about 462 occurrences449–445 Mya — about 240 occurrences445–440 Mya — about 200 occurrences440–435 Mya — about 147 occurrences435–431 Mya — about 146 occurrences431–426 Mya — about 132 occurrences426–421 Mya — about 106 occurrences421–417 Mya — about 101 occurrences417–412 Mya — about 220 occurrences412–407 Mya — about 212 occurrences407–403 Mya — about 103 occurrences403–398 Mya — about 138 occurrences398–393 Mya — about 208 occurrences393–388 Mya — about 292 occurrences388–384 Mya — about 434 occurrences384–379 Mya — about 185 occurrences379–374 Mya — about 35 occurrences374–370 Mya — about 57 occurrences370–365 Mya — about 61 occurrences365–360 Mya — about 98 occurrences360–356 Mya — about 32 occurrences356–351 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences477.1 Mya358.86 Mya492 Mya351 Mya

4,366 occurrences of Phacopina 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

4,366 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

848 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 — 42.87°N, 75.71°WLudlowville — 42.74°N, 75.54°WMoscow — 42.70°N, 76.75°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 — 42.56°N, 74.58°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.73°WMoscow — 42.79°N, 76.15°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 76.03°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.66°N, 75.38°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 75.18°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 75.57°WMoscow — 42.58°N, 75.06°WMoscow — 42.60°N, 74.95°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, 74.47°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 — 42.79°N, 75.27°WSkaneateles — 42.87°N, 77.88°WSkaneateles — 42.98°N, 76.09°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°WGydo — 33.30°S, 21.83°EGydo — 33.52°S, 24.74°EGydo — 33.33°S, 19.37°EGydo — 32.64°S, 19.41°EGydo — 32.18°S, 18.90°EGydo — 33.77°S, 20.92°EGydo — 33.31°S, 22.43°EGydo — 34.01°S, 23.46°EGydo — 32.40°S, 20.67°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 — 48.52°N, 64.22°WWhite Head — 48.58°N, 68.18°WWhite Head — 46.18°N, 59.82°WWhite Head — 49.00°N, 64.00°WKahula — 59.35°N, 24.56°EKahula — 59.38°N, 26.40°EKahula — 59.37°N, 25.08°EKahula — 59.37°N, 25.36°EKahula — 59.35°N, 24.98°EKahula — 59.38°N, 24.41°EKahula — 59.35°N, 27.40°EKahula — 59.32°N, 24.60°EKahula — 59.29°N, 24.12°EKahula — 59.34°N, 24.39°EKahula — 59.48°N, 26.15°EKahula — 59.33°N, 25.32°EKahula — 59.34°N, 24.84°EKahula — 59.39°N, 27.36°EKahula — 59.26°N, 27.00°EKahula — 59.35°N, 26.38°EKahula — 59.37°N, 24.50°EKahula — 59.23°N, 23.52°EKahula — 59.32°N, 24.51°EKahula — 59.27°N, 23.75°EOnondaga — 39.73°N, 78.08°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°WTully — 42.60°N, 75.34°WTully — 42.66°N, 75.38°WTully — 42.79°N, 75.80°WTully — 42.53°N, 76.53°WTully — 42.74°N, 75.88°WTully — 42.59°N, 75.18°WTully — 42.54°N, 74.81°WWocklum Limestone — 51.40°N, 7.83°EVolkhov — 59.97°N, 32.57°EVolkhov — 59.82°N, 32.20°EBelen — 17.00°S, 68.00°WBelen — 15.50°S, 68.00°WMangazea — 63.00°N, 92.00°EMangazea — 63.00°N, 95.00°EMangazea — 62.14°N, 91.56°EMangazea — 62.14°N, 91.49°EMangazea — 62.15°N, 91.43°EMangazea — 62.30°N, 92.12°EPonta Grossa — 24.25°S, 49.70°WPonta Grossa — 26.07°S, 52.58°WPonta Grossa — 25.08°S, 50.15°WPonta Grossa — 24.50°S, 50.40°WKopanina — 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°ELiben — 50.00°N, 14.00°ELiben — 49.74°N, 13.54°ELiben — 49.72°N, 13.57°ELiben — 49.80°N, 13.63°ELiben — 49.82°N, 13.70°ELiben — 49.82°N, 13.75°ESilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 41.12°N, 84.85°WUntere Quartzite — 38.38°N, 3.76°WUntere Quartzite — 38.86°N, 4.08°WUntere Quartzite — 39.05°N, 4.17°WUntere Quartzite — 39.60°N, 5.24°WZlichov Limestone — 50.00°N, 14.00°EZlichov Limestone — 49.50°N, 14.33°ESt. Clair Limestone — 35.77°N, 91.63°WTimrhanrhart — 29.71°N, 6.70°WTimrhanrhart — 29.75°N, 6.71°WKuldiga — 56.92°N, 21.56°EKuldiga — 56.22°N, 21.20°EKuldiga — 56.85°N, 21.71°EKuldiga — 56.44°N, 21.61°EKuldiga — 56.81°N, 21.34°EKuldiga — 57.20°N, 21.62°EKuldiga — 56.72°N, 21.61°EKuldiga — 56.85°N, 21.55°EKuldiga — 56.72°N, 22.77°EKuldiga — 57.28°N, 25.41°EKuldiga — 57.25°N, 22.59°EIhandar — 30.84°N, 4.92°WIhandar — 30.96°N, 5.02°WIhandar — 30.73°N, 4.64°WChefar el Ahmar — 29.56°N, 2.15°W

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The named rock units Phacopina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 824 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 435 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Phacopina and its relatives

Devonian

Where Phacopina and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

2,170 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,197 sites for Phacopina, 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

672 references

Each of the 4,366 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. 660 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 Phacopina

Credit
Ronald Flipphi
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Struve 1959