Polypora megastoma

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PolyporaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Bryozoa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 39 million years on record.

The record covers at least 298.9 Mya to 259.857 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 303.7 Mya to 254.14 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 1 of 11 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 10 of 11 occurrencesPermian305–303 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences303–301 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences301–300 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences298–296 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences296–294 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences294–293 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences293–291 Mya — about 1 occurrence291–289 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences289–288 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences288–286 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences286–284 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences282–281 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences281–279 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences279–277 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences277–275 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences274–272 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences272–270 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences270–269 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences269–267 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences267–265 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences265–263 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences263–262 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences262–260 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences260–258 Mya — about 1 occurrence258–257 Mya — about 1 occurrence257–255 Mya — about 1 occurrence255–253 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences298.9 Mya259.857 Mya305 Mya253 Mya

11 occurrences of Polypora megastoma on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

11 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

4 formations

Copacabana — 16.32°S, 68.67°WCopacabana — 16.10°S, 69.07°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WWargal — 32.40°N, 72.25°EWargal — 32.53°N, 71.32°EWargal — 32.24°N, 71.15°EWargal — 32.53°N, 72.20°EButtle Lake — 49.70°N, 125.65°WThitsipin Limestone — 22.30°N, 97.68°E

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The named rock units Polypora megastoma has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Polypora megastoma and its relatives

Permian

Where Polypora megastoma and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

124 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 11 sites for Polypora megastoma, 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

5 references

Each of the 11 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No picture of Polypora megastoma was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Polypora megastoma, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Polypora megastoma 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 itPolypora through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (de Koninck 1863)