Prismatophyllum

Prismatophyllum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CylindrophyllinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rugosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rugosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rugosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Rugosa

Time the record covers

At least 28 million years on record.

The record covers at least 410.62 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 413.02 Mya to 372.15 Mya.

Devonian — about 13 of 13 occurrencesDevonian414–412 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences412–411 Mya — about 1 occurrence411–410 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences410–408 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences408–407 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences407–405 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences405–404 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences404–403 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences403–401 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences401–400 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences400–398 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences398–397 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences397–395 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences395–394 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences394–393 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences393–391 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences391–390 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences390–388 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences388–387 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences387–386 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences386–384 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences384–383 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences381–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences380–378 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences378–377 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences377–376 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences376–374 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences374–373 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences373–371 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences410.62 Mya382.31 Mya413.8 Mya371.3 Mya

13 occurrences of Prismatophyllum 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

13 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

7 formations

Moniello — 43.58°N, 5.97°WMoniello — 43.63°N, 2.11°ELilydale Limestone — 37.82°S, 144.97°EElm Point — 51.44°N, 98.81°WElm Point — 51.32°N, 98.35°WDuvernay — 53.55°N, 113.50°WKwataboahegan — 51.50°N, 81.00°WBou Dib — 31.19°N, 4.93°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 77.36°W

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The named rock units Prismatophyllum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Prismatophyllum and its relatives

Devonian

Where Prismatophyllum and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

148 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 11 sites for Prismatophyllum, 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

8 references

Each of the 13 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. 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 Prismatophyllum

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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 itCylindrophyllinae through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Simpson 1900