Phelopteria

Phelopteria

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PteriidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pteriidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Pteriidae
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB, for Pteriidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanicPBDB, for Pteriidae

Time the record covers

At least 55 million years on record.

The record covers at least 121.4 Mya to 66 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 125.77 Mya to 61.66 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 16 of 232 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 215 of 232 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 1 of 232 occurrencesPaleocene127–125 Mya — about 1 occurrence125–123 Mya — about 3 occurrences123–120 Mya — about 1 occurrence120–118 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences118–116 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences116–114 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences114–111 Mya — about 1 occurrence111–109 Mya — about 2 occurrences109–107 Mya — about 2 occurrences107–105 Mya — about 2 occurrences105–103 Mya — about 2 occurrences103–100 Mya — about 3 occurrences100–98 Mya — about 32 occurrences98–96 Mya — about 32 occurrences96–94 Mya — about 31 occurrences94–91 Mya — about 15 occurrences91–89 Mya — about 12 occurrences89–87 Mya — about 3 occurrences87–85 Mya — about 4 occurrences85–83 Mya — about 5 occurrences83–80 Mya — about 4 occurrences80–78 Mya — about 4 occurrences78–76 Mya — about 4 occurrences76–74 Mya — about 4 occurrences74–71 Mya — about 10 occurrences71–69 Mya — about 22 occurrences69–67 Mya — about 22 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 11 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences63–60 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences121.4 Mya66 Mya127 Mya60 Mya

232 occurrences of Phelopteria on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. 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

232 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

52 formations

Woodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.54°WWoodbine — 33.62°N, 96.61°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.51°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.77°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.46°WWoodbine — 33.69°N, 96.35°WWoodbine — 33.67°N, 96.34°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 35.97°N, 110.84°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 36.08°N, 111.07°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WMancos Shale — 34.74°N, 108.84°WJagüel — 38.13°S, 68.41°WTropic Shale — 37.07°N, 111.62°WTropic Shale — 37.08°N, 111.65°WAbu Qada — 28.65°N, 33.24°EAbu Qada — 29.67°N, 34.50°EAbu Qada — 29.28°N, 34.72°EAbu Qada — 30.37°N, 34.45°EAbu Qada — 29.63°N, 34.40°EPierre Shale — 43.27°N, 104.27°WPierre Shale — 43.31°N, 104.22°WPierre Shale — 40.06°N, 106.39°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.28°N, 104.72°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.55°N, 98.42°WGreenhorn Limestone — 43.27°N, 103.22°WKiowa — 38.72°N, 97.53°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.75°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.86°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.05°N, 96.41°Wopoka — 51.32°N, 21.95°Eopoka — 51.05°N, 21.80°ERoca — 37.56°S, 69.85°WRoca — 37.54°S, 69.87°WGalala — 29.67°N, 34.50°EGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°EGalala — 29.63°N, 34.40°EPanoche — 37.45°N, 121.28°WPanoche — 37.38°N, 121.33°WPanoche — 37.28°N, 121.26°WPanoche — 37.28°N, 121.21°WBearpaw — 49.36°N, 110.42°WBearpaw — 49.88°N, 110.29°WBearpaw — 49.45°N, 112.83°WBearpaw — 50.67°N, 107.73°WHuitrin — 38.05°S, 70.05°WHuitrin — 38.42°S, 70.02°WHuitrin — 37.18°S, 70.38°WHuitrin — 37.73°S, 70.15°WWata — 28.65°N, 33.24°EWata — 30.38°N, 33.52°EWata — 29.28°N, 34.72°EDakota — 36.00°N, 111.00°WHalal — 30.37°N, 34.45°EMaastricht — 51.00°N, 6.00°EColeraine — 47.32°N, 93.28°WColeraine — 47.00°N, 93.00°WLopez de Bertodano — 64.25°S, 56.75°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WLewisville — 33.64°N, 96.61°WLewisville — 33.67°N, 96.34°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°W

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The named rock units Phelopteria has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 28 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 16 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Phelopteria and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Phelopteria and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,235 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 192 sites for Phelopteria, 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

50 references

Each of the 232 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. 38 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 content2

Picture of Phelopteria

Source
iDigBio
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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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CC Attribution
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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itPteriidae through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Stephenson 1953