Productidae

Productidae is an extinct family of brachiopods which lived from the Upper Devonian to Upper Permian periods in marine environments. It is the most diversified family in the suborder Productidina, with some 100 genera.

Productidae

Andrew Cattoir (Lake Mead National Recreation Area) · Public Domain · 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
ProductoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Productidina
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Productidina
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Productidina
Vision
blindPBDB, for Strophomenata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 128 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 393.47 Mya to 251.1 Mya.

Devonian — about 99 of 3347 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 979 of 3347 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 2268 of 3347 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 3347 occurrences396–391 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences391–386 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences386–382 Mya — about 1 occurrence382–377 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences377–372 Mya — about 7 occurrences372–367 Mya — about 42 occurrences367–362 Mya — about 30 occurrences362–357 Mya — about 48 occurrences357–352 Mya — about 75 occurrences352–347 Mya — about 74 occurrences347–342 Mya — about 108 occurrences342–337 Mya — about 118 occurrences337–332 Mya — about 125 occurrences332–327 Mya — about 102 occurrences327–322 Mya — about 84 occurrences322–317 Mya — about 21 occurrences317–312 Mya — about 25 occurrences312–307 Mya — about 59 occurrences307–303 Mya — about 75 occurrences303–298 Mya — about 120 occurrences298–293 Mya — about 160 occurrences293–288 Mya — about 187 occurrences288–283 Mya — about 162 occurrences283–278 Mya — about 249 occurrences278–273 Mya — about 233 occurrences273–268 Mya — about 151 occurrences268–263 Mya — about 264 occurrences263–258 Mya — about 259 occurrences258–253 Mya — about 501 occurrences253–248 Mya — about 63 occurrences382.31 Mya254.14 Mya396 Mya248 Mya

3,347 occurrences of Productidae on record, most of them in the Permian. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

3,347 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

449 formations

Wargal — 32.74°N, 71.74°EWargal — 32.61°N, 71.76°EWargal — 32.52°N, 72.30°EWargal — 32.43°N, 72.28°EWargal — 32.48°N, 72.20°EWargal — 32.45°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.48°N, 72.00°EWargal — 32.58°N, 72.37°EWargal — 32.55°N, 71.77°EWargal — 32.72°N, 71.75°EWargal — 32.73°N, 71.63°EWargal — 32.78°N, 71.58°EWargal — 32.88°N, 71.57°EWargal — 33.00°N, 71.53°EWargal — 32.26°N, 71.10°EWargal — 32.26°N, 71.15°EWargal — 32.23°N, 71.05°EWargal — 32.24°N, 71.15°EWargal — 32.44°N, 72.20°EWargal — 32.41°N, 72.10°EWargal — 32.97°N, 71.56°EWargal — 32.26°N, 70.79°EWegener Halvo — 74.36°N, 20.13°WWegener Halvo — 74.38°N, 21.58°WWegener Halvo — 74.33°N, 21.60°WWegener Halvo — 74.15°N, 20.74°WWegener Halvo — 74.28°N, 20.66°WWegener Halvo — 74.15°N, 20.75°WWegener Halvo — 74.35°N, 20.07°WWegener Halvo — 71.68°N, 22.60°WWegener Halvo — 74.03°N, 21.70°WWegener Halvo — 74.06°N, 21.70°WWegener Halvo — 73.97°N, 21.63°WWegener Halvo — 74.00°N, 21.44°WWegener Halvo — 74.02°N, 21.46°WWegener Halvo — 71.61°N, 22.37°WWegener Halvo — 73.32°N, 22.70°WWegener Halvo — 71.43°N, 24.55°WWegener Halvo — 72.10°N, 23.90°WWegener Halvo — 74.14°N, 20.64°WChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.78°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.15°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 72.23°EChhidru — 32.48°N, 72.13°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.10°EChhidru — 32.48°N, 72.02°EChhidru — 32.45°N, 71.95°EChhidru — 32.60°N, 71.82°EChhidru — 32.72°N, 71.75°EChhidru — 32.88°N, 71.57°EChhidru — 32.97°N, 71.57°EChhidru — 32.25°N, 71.08°EChhidru — 32.51°N, 71.33°EBanff — 57.00°N, 120.00°WBanff — 52.25°N, 117.25°WBanff — 53.08°N, 118.06°WBanff — 52.08°N, 116.43°WBanff — 53.03°N, 118.08°WBanff — 52.98°N, 117.33°WBanff — 51.80°N, 115.83°WBanff — 51.60°N, 115.77°WBanff — 51.42°N, 115.75°WBanff — 51.25°N, 115.47°WBanff — 51.08°N, 115.43°WBanff — 51.08°N, 115.17°WBanff — 51.05°N, 115.23°WBanff — 50.91°N, 114.85°WKaibab — 38.62°N, 113.22°WKaibab — 35.72°N, 111.47°WKaibab — 35.17°N, 111.58°WKaibab — 35.04°N, 111.72°WKaibab — 36.01°N, 112.50°WKaibab — 34.62°N, 111.09°WKaibab — 34.55°N, 111.24°WKaibab — 34.44°N, 111.28°WKaibab — 34.52°N, 111.33°WKaibab — 34.49°N, 111.38°WKaibab — 34.62°N, 110.77°WKaibab — 34.87°N, 111.68°WKaibab — 35.17°N, 111.50°WKaibab — 35.07°N, 111.96°WKaibab — 35.40°N, 112.96°WKaibab — 35.43°N, 111.20°WKaibab — 35.99°N, 111.94°WKaibab — 36.06°N, 112.08°WKaibab — 36.06°N, 112.21°WKaibab — 36.19°N, 112.36°WKaibab — 36.16°N, 112.71°WKaibab — 36.33°N, 113.04°WKaibab — 36.77°N, 111.65°WKaibab — 37.77°N, 111.11°WKaibab — 38.22°N, 112.89°WJungle Creek — 64.97°N, 140.90°WJungle Creek — 65.74°N, 137.79°WJungle Creek — 65.88°N, 136.23°WJungle Creek — 65.88°N, 136.15°WJungle Creek — 65.82°N, 138.54°WJungle Creek — 67.52°N, 136.50°WJungle Creek — 65.38°N, 140.66°WJungle Creek — 65.29°N, 140.71°WJungle Creek — 65.29°N, 140.76°WCathedral Mountain — 30.22°N, 103.43°WCathedral Mountain — 30.41°N, 103.11°WCathedral Mountain — 30.30°N, 103.30°WCathedral Mountain — 30.33°N, 103.24°WCathedral Mountain — 30.37°N, 103.18°WCathedral Mountain — 30.23°N, 103.45°WMaokou — 29.68°N, 106.77°EMaokou — 29.58°N, 110.11°EMaokou — 28.65°N, 102.50°EMaokou — 31.39°N, 104.11°EMaokou — 29.91°N, 108.27°EMaokou — 32.27°N, 105.42°EMaokou — 29.39°N, 107.60°EMaokou — 26.67°N, 107.68°EMaokou — 28.33°N, 106.39°EMaokou — 28.55°N, 106.88°EMaokou — 27.90°N, 107.97°EMaokou — 25.10°N, 106.40°EMaokou — 27.50°N, 108.25°EMaokou — 32.45°N, 105.85°EMaokou — 32.63°N, 105.88°EMaokou — 32.33°N, 105.72°EMaokou — 29.43°N, 102.62°EMaokou — 23.69°N, 109.32°EMaokou — 29.05°N, 114.57°EMaokou — 29.80°N, 109.07°EMaokou — 30.09°N, 106.64°EMaokou — 28.14°N, 106.82°EMaokou — 25.92°N, 107.40°EMaokou — 30.21°N, 106.76°EAmb — 32.51°N, 71.93°EAmb — 32.55°N, 71.78°EAmb — 32.40°N, 72.15°EAmb — 32.60°N, 71.76°EAmb — 32.65°N, 72.58°EAmb — 32.57°N, 72.41°EAmb — 32.75°N, 71.71°EAmb — 32.72°N, 71.75°EAmb — 32.70°N, 71.68°EAmb — 32.26°N, 71.15°EAmb — 32.60°N, 72.63°EAmb — 32.62°N, 72.78°EAmb — 32.74°N, 71.64°EAmb — 32.42°N, 71.27°ESkinner Ranch — 30.21°N, 103.43°WSkinner Ranch — 30.36°N, 103.21°WSkinner Ranch — 30.26°N, 103.35°WSkinner Ranch — 30.34°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.38°N, 103.16°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.34°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.27°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.24°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.40°WRoad Canyon — 30.22°N, 103.44°WGerster — 40.17°N, 114.83°WGerster — 40.42°N, 114.83°WGerster — 40.50°N, 114.83°WGerster — 41.25°N, 114.33°WGerster — 40.08°N, 113.83°WGerster — 39.33°N, 113.67°WGerster — 39.50°N, 115.25°WGerster — 40.25°N, 115.17°WNesen — 36.26°N, 51.48°ENesen — 36.26°N, 52.37°ENesen — 36.26°N, 51.43°ENesen — 36.25°N, 52.36°ENesen — 36.35°N, 54.26°EBone Spring — 31.28°N, 104.85°WBone Spring — 31.35°N, 104.86°WBone Spring — 31.35°N, 104.86°WBone Spring — 31.90°N, 104.88°WBone Spring — 31.48°N, 104.95°WBone Spring — 31.49°N, 104.96°WBone Spring — 31.58°N, 105.04°WBone Spring — 31.24°N, 104.76°WBone Spring — 31.55°N, 105.05°WLongtan — 29.91°N, 106.52°ELongtan — 26.43°N, 105.83°ELongtan — 26.68°N, 105.77°ELongtan — 31.39°N, 104.11°ELongtan — 27.50°N, 108.25°ELongtan — 26.03°N, 105.10°ELongtan — 28.81°N, 106.51°ELongtan — 31.07°N, 119.62°ELongtan — 24.80°N, 112.35°ELongtan — 30.92°N, 119.86°ELongtan — 30.65°N, 118.45°ELongtan — 30.21°N, 106.76°ELongtan — 30.09°N, 106.64°ELongtan — 26.50°N, 105.58°ETakhandit — 65.39°N, 141.43°WTakhandit — 65.32°N, 141.63°WTakhandit — 65.18°N, 141.75°WTakhandit — 65.18°N, 141.70°WTakhandit — 65.32°N, 141.84°WTakhandit — 65.45°N, 141.04°WTakhandit — 65.29°N, 141.33°WTakhandit — 65.31°N, 141.19°WCopacabana — 17.81°S, 66.21°WCopacabana — 19.12°S, 64.70°WCopacabana — 16.22°S, 68.90°WCopacabana — 16.10°S, 69.08°WCopacabana — 15.87°S, 68.92°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WCopacabana — 16.33°S, 68.66°WMuldraugh — 40.04°N, 86.87°WHigh Tor Limestone — 51.63°N, 3.97°WHigh Tor Limestone — 51.50°N, 3.00°WGaptank — 30.18°N, 103.35°WGaptank — 30.35°N, 103.12°WGaptank — 30.35°N, 103.13°WGaptank — 30.32°N, 103.28°WGaptank — 30.41°N, 103.00°WKapp Starostin — 78.08°N, 13.80°EKapp Starostin — 78.33°N, 16.63°EKapp Starostin — 78.53°N, 15.93°EKapp Starostin — 79.60°N, 20.32°EKapp Starostin — 79.63°N, 19.85°EKapp Starostin — 78.33°N, 16.80°ESecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WForaker Limestone — 39.27°N, 96.44°WForaker Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 38.91°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestone — 39.37°N, 95.88°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.40°WForaker Limestone — 39.19°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 37.09°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.92°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.19°WForaker Limestone — 39.34°N, 96.05°WForaker Limestone — 38.72°N, 96.16°WForaker Limestone — 37.82°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 38.02°N, 96.28°WForaker Limestone — 38.81°N, 96.08°WKeziliqiman — 37.10°N, 79.00°EKeziliqiman — 38.10°N, 76.52°EKeziliqiman — 37.83°N, 76.80°E

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The named rock units Productidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 425 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 397 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Productidae and its relatives

Permian

Where Productidae and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,026 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,570 sites for Productidae, 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

445 references

Each of the 3,347 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. 433 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 Productidae

Credit
Andrew Cattoir (Lake Mead National Recreation Area)
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Productidae 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.

The description on this site

Licence
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. Gray 1840