Plectorthidae

Plectorthidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PlectorthoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Orthida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Orthida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Orthida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 56 million years on record.

The record covers at least 486.85 Mya to 430.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 497 Mya to 426.7 Mya.

Cambrian — about 3 of 1616 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 1602 of 1616 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 11 of 1616 occurrencesSilurian498–496 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences496–494 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences494–491 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences491–489 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences489–486 Mya — about 5 occurrences486–484 Mya — about 20 occurrences484–481 Mya — about 21 occurrences481–479 Mya — about 20 occurrences479–476 Mya — about 23 occurrences476–474 Mya — about 30 occurrences474–472 Mya — about 27 occurrences472–469 Mya — about 49 occurrences469–467 Mya — about 38 occurrences467–464 Mya — about 32 occurrences464–462 Mya — about 31 occurrences462–459 Mya — about 44 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 85 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 165 occurrences455–452 Mya — about 205 occurrences452–450 Mya — about 364 occurrences450–447 Mya — about 239 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 165 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 41 occurrences442–440 Mya — about 3 occurrences440–437 Mya — about 2 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences435–433 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences433–430 Mya — about 1 occurrence430–428 Mya — about 2 occurrences428–425 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences486.85 Mya430.6 Mya498 Mya425 Mya

1,616 occurrences of Plectorthidae 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

1,616 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

266 formations

Lexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.77°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington Limestone — 38.22°N, 84.86°WLexington Limestone — 38.34°N, 84.85°WLexington Limestone — 37.98°N, 84.42°WLexington Limestone — 37.97°N, 84.21°WLexington Limestone — 37.94°N, 84.14°WLexington Limestone — 38.35°N, 84.86°WLexington Limestone — 37.84°N, 84.59°WLexington Limestone — 37.68°N, 84.76°WLexington Limestone — 37.88°N, 84.34°WLexington Limestone — 37.84°N, 84.46°WLexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.95°WLexington Limestone — 37.67°N, 84.94°WLexington Limestone — 37.63°N, 84.73°WFairview — 39.00°N, 84.00°WFairview — 39.01°N, 84.45°WFairview — 39.03°N, 84.51°WFairview — 39.30°N, 84.40°WFairview — 38.68°N, 83.79°WFairview — 38.59°N, 84.18°WFairview — 38.63°N, 83.75°WFairview — 38.87°N, 83.92°WFairview — 38.96°N, 83.91°WFairview — 38.98°N, 84.05°WFairview — 39.07°N, 84.51°WFairview — 39.10°N, 84.02°WFairview — 39.11°N, 84.58°WFairview — 39.13°N, 84.71°WFairview — 39.16°N, 84.61°WFairview — 39.17°N, 84.91°WFairview — 39.21°N, 84.71°WFairview — 39.26°N, 85.12°WWhitewater — 39.83°N, 84.89°WWhitewater — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWhitewater — 38.00°N, 85.50°WWhitewater — 39.49°N, 84.95°WWhitewater — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWhitewater — 39.48°N, 84.06°WWhitewater — 39.80°N, 84.09°WWhitewater — 39.39°N, 83.93°WWhitewater — 38.93°N, 83.52°WWhitewater — 38.83°N, 83.51°WWhitewater — 37.75°N, 84.30°WWhitewater — 39.28°N, 83.91°WWhitewater — 39.30°N, 85.24°WWhitewater — 39.54°N, 84.75°WWhitewater — 39.61°N, 84.97°WLiberty — 39.42°N, 85.01°WLiberty — 39.00°N, 84.00°WLiberty — 38.20°N, 85.57°WLiberty — 39.49°N, 84.95°WLiberty — 39.34°N, 84.95°WLiberty — 39.48°N, 84.06°WLiberty — 39.48°N, 84.05°WLiberty — 38.78°N, 85.37°WLiberty — 37.82°N, 85.45°WLiberty — 39.05°N, 84.40°WLiberty — 39.08°N, 85.25°WLiberty — 39.64°N, 84.96°WBenbolt — 35.91°N, 84.09°WBenbolt — 36.72°N, 82.68°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.34°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.02°N, 81.63°WBenbolt — 37.22°N, 81.36°WBenbolt — 37.23°N, 81.10°WBenbolt — 37.23°N, 81.32°WBenbolt — 37.08°N, 81.71°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.56°WBenbolt — 37.11°N, 81.52°WBenbolt — 37.27°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.67°WBenbolt — 36.19°N, 83.93°WCatheys — 36.35°N, 85.79°WCatheys — 35.87°N, 87.03°WCatheys — 36.27°N, 86.73°WCatheys — 35.62°N, 87.10°WCatheys — 35.90°N, 86.85°WCatheys — 35.18°N, 86.99°WCatheys — 35.50°N, 86.50°WCatheys — 36.29°N, 85.99°WCatheys — 35.82°N, 86.83°WCatheys — 36.32°N, 85.94°WCatheys — 36.45°N, 85.58°WCatheys — 35.19°N, 86.91°WCatheys — 36.37°N, 85.64°WCatheys — 36.37°N, 85.65°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 38.00°N, 85.50°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.48°N, 84.06°WWaynesville — 39.48°N, 84.05°WWaynesville — 39.33°N, 84.07°WWaynesville — 38.77°N, 85.36°WWaynesville — 38.87°N, 83.79°WWaynesville — 39.07°N, 85.25°WWaynesville — 39.30°N, 83.98°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 85.20°WWaynesville — 39.40°N, 83.97°WWaynesville — 39.44°N, 84.20°WWaynesville — 39.52°N, 84.73°WWaynesville — 39.53°N, 84.47°WMcMillan — 38.18°N, 85.22°WMcMillan — 37.71°N, 84.31°WMcMillan — 37.72°N, 85.28°WMcMillan — 37.76°N, 85.34°WMcMillan — 37.76°N, 85.35°WMcMillan — 37.81°N, 85.47°WMcMillan — 37.90°N, 85.47°WMcMillan — 38.04°N, 85.30°WMcMillan — 38.05°N, 85.36°WMcMillan — 38.13°N, 85.41°WMcMillan — 38.24°N, 85.32°WMcMillan — 38.34°N, 83.76°WMcMillan — 38.52°N, 85.20°WMcMillan — 38.60°N, 85.27°WMcMillan — 38.64°N, 83.74°WMcMillan — 38.67°N, 85.15°WMcMillan — 38.75°N, 85.38°WMcMillan — 38.76°N, 85.41°WMcMillan — 38.88°N, 84.61°WMcMillan — 38.98°N, 85.31°WMcMillan — 39.02°N, 84.09°WMcMillan — 39.02°N, 84.51°WMcMillan — 39.04°N, 84.04°WMcMillan — 39.13°N, 84.53°WMcMillan — 39.18°N, 84.40°WBellevue — 38.87°N, 84.46°WBellevue — 39.00°N, 84.00°WBellevue — 38.67°N, 83.80°WBellevue — 39.03°N, 84.51°WBellevue — 39.17°N, 84.12°WMount Auburn — 39.00°N, 84.00°WMount Auburn — 38.87°N, 83.91°WMount Auburn — 39.33°N, 84.07°WMount Auburn — 39.41°N, 84.50°WMount Auburn — 38.50°N, 83.76°WDawan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 31.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 118.00°EDawan — 31.00°N, 118.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EDawan — 30.89°N, 111.41°EBadger Flat — 36.93°N, 118.07°WBadger Flat — 36.95°N, 118.08°WBull Fork — 39.39°N, 83.92°WBull Fork — 38.40°N, 83.72°WBull Fork — 38.60°N, 83.72°WCorryville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WCorryville — 39.17°N, 84.12°WCorryville — 39.30°N, 84.40°WCorryville — 38.68°N, 83.79°WCorryville — 39.33°N, 84.07°WVaureal — 49.81°N, 64.43°WVaureal — 49.77°N, 63.64°WVaureal — 49.82°N, 64.35°WVaureal — 49.63°N, 63.20°WVaureal — 49.73°N, 63.83°WVaureal — 49.63°N, 63.78°WDeadwood — 47.42°N, 105.59°WDeadwood — 47.15°N, 110.22°WDeadwood — 47.98°N, 102.92°WDeadwood — 46.87°N, 103.30°WDulankara — 43.72°N, 75.31°EDulankara — 43.75°N, 75.25°EDulankara — 44.71°N, 75.34°EDulankara — 44.71°N, 75.37°EAntelope Valley — 36.78°N, 115.89°WAntelope Valley — 38.05°N, 116.45°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 37.34°N, 115.38°WAntelope Valley — 37.30°N, 115.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.00°N, 116.62°WAntelope Valley — 39.60°N, 116.26°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 38.82°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 36.40°N, 117.33°WEllis Bay — 49.82°N, 64.35°WEllis Bay — 49.42°N, 62.25°WEllis Bay — 49.72°N, 63.34°WEllis Bay — 49.81°N, 64.01°WEllis Bay — 49.33°N, 61.89°WEllis Bay — 49.70°N, 63.35°WEllis Bay — 49.72°N, 63.83°WEllis Bay — 49.74°N, 63.88°WEllis Bay — 49.81°N, 64.43°WEllis Bay — 49.45°N, 62.30°WEllis Bay — 49.52°N, 62.42°WValcour — 44.61°N, 73.41°WValcour — 44.30°N, 73.31°WValcour — 44.89°N, 73.44°WLebanon Limestone — 35.80°N, 86.13°WLebanon Limestone — 35.47°N, 86.80°WLebanon Limestone — 35.45°N, 86.88°WLebanon Limestone — 36.00°N, 86.45°WLebanon Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WLebanon Limestone — 36.15°N, 86.28°WLebanon Limestone — 35.48°N, 86.45°WLeipers — 36.35°N, 86.72°WLeipers — 36.32°N, 85.94°WLeipers — 35.18°N, 86.99°WLeipers — 35.50°N, 86.50°WSunset — 37.74°N, 84.25°WSunset — 38.49°N, 83.76°WSunset — 39.37°N, 84.39°WSunset — 38.61°N, 83.77°WCalloway Creek — 37.59°N, 85.07°WCalloway Creek — 37.46°N, 84.82°WCalloway Creek — 37.45°N, 84.84°WCalloway Creek — 37.59°N, 84.48°WCalloway Creek — 37.66°N, 85.17°W

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The named rock units Plectorthidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 242 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 204 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Plectorthidae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Plectorthidae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,450 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,409 sites for Plectorthidae, 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

217 references

Each of the 1,616 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. 205 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 Plectorthidae

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Plectorthidae 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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What may have been alongside itPlectorthoidea through timeFormations of the OrdovicianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Schuchert and Le Vene 1929