Pterospathodus

Pterospathodus is an extinct genus of conodont from the Silurian period.

No picture of Pterospathodus 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 Pterospathodus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BalognathidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Conodonta
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Conodonta
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Conodonta
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Conodonta

Time the record covers

At least 58 million years on record.

The record covers at least 440.5 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 449.5 Mya to 298.9 Mya.

Ordovician — about 3 of 253 occurrencesSilurian — about 248 of 253 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 1 of 253 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1 of 253 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 253 occurrences453–447 Mya — about 1 occurrence447–442 Mya — about 13 occurrences442–437 Mya — about 91 occurrences437–432 Mya — about 114 occurrences432–426 Mya — about 29 occurrences426–421 Mya — about 3 occurrences421–416 Mya — about 1 occurrence416–411 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences411–406 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences406–400 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences400–395 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences395–390 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences390–385 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences385–379 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences379–374 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences374–369 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences369–364 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences364–359 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences359–353 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences353–348 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences348–343 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences343–338 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences338–332 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences332–327 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences327–322 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences322–317 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences317–312 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences312–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–296 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences440.5 Mya382.31 Mya453 Mya296 Mya

253 occurrences of Pterospathodus on record, most of them in the Silurian. 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

253 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

44 formations

Esill Shale — 37.70°N, 83.97°WEsill Shale — 37.80°N, 84.08°WEsill Shale — 38.17°N, 83.58°WEsill Shale — 38.22°N, 83.65°WEsill Shale — 38.55°N, 83.57°WEsill Shale — 38.58°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.73°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.77°N, 83.42°WCape Phillips — 77.48°N, 84.95°WCape Phillips — 75.62°N, 94.50°WLaPorte City — 42.43°N, 91.33°WLaPorte City — 42.00°N, 92.03°WLaPorte City — 42.08°N, 91.13°WSalamonie — 39.19°N, 85.56°WSalamonie — 39.10°N, 85.36°WSalamonie — 38.96°N, 85.48°WSalamonie — 38.67°N, 85.46°WSalamonie — 38.61°N, 85.47°WSalamonie — 38.48°N, 85.51°WSalamonie — 38.48°N, 85.55°WSalamonie — 38.34°N, 86.07°WSalamonie — 38.04°N, 85.81°WLafayette Bugt — 82.48°N, 40.17°WLafayette Bugt — 80.82°N, 65.08°WLafayette Bugt — 81.33°N, 61.77°WAllen Bay — 77.52°N, 83.97°WEkwan River — 50.82°N, 79.42°WEkwan River — 56.77°N, 90.83°WEkwan River — 58.62°N, 86.22°WEkwan River — 56.95°N, 90.03°WEkwan River — 57.90°N, 84.25°WBrassfield — 38.63°N, 85.45°WBrassfield — 38.60°N, 85.51°WBrassfield — 38.67°N, 85.46°WBrassfield — 38.04°N, 85.81°WSevern River — 56.77°N, 90.83°WSevern River — 58.70°N, 87.37°WSevern River — 58.62°N, 86.22°WSevern River — 56.95°N, 90.03°WSevern River — 57.90°N, 84.25°WRoberts Mountain — 39.95°N, 116.30°WRoberts Mountain — 39.91°N, 116.29°WSamuelsen Hoj — 80.97°N, 20.92°WXiushan — 28.47°N, 108.92°EIrondequoit Limestone — 43.17°N, 79.04°WIrondequoit Limestone — 43.17°N, 78.69°WIrondequoit Limestone — 43.13°N, 79.04°WAnse a Pierre-Loiselle — 48.18°N, 64.97°WAnse a Pierre-Loiselle — 48.67°N, 65.83°WLaurier — 56.83°N, 123.72°WOdins Fjord — 82.45°N, 28.00°WOdins Fjord — 82.80°N, 35.88°WOdins Fjord — 80.97°N, 20.85°WGun River — 49.52°N, 63.52°WSalamonie Dolomite — 38.66°N, 85.72°WSalamonie Dolomite — 38.56°N, 85.63°WSalamonie Dolomite — 41.52°N, 87.10°WHauge Bjerge — 80.82°N, 65.08°WCap Godfred Hansen — 80.87°N, 64.97°WCap Godfred Hansen — 81.33°N, 61.77°WWych — 52.03°N, 2.35°WHidden Valley Dolomite — 36.74°N, 117.51°WWilliamson Shale — 43.15°N, 79.04°WWilliamson Shale — 43.17°N, 78.69°W

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The named rock units Pterospathodus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 20 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 18 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pterospathodus and its relatives

Silurian

Where Pterospathodus and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

283 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 79 sites for Pterospathodus, 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

27 references

Each of the 253 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. 15 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 content0

No picture of Pterospathodus 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 Pterospathodus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Pterospathodus was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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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. Walliser 1964