Ptychopariidae

Ptychopariidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PtychopariidaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Trilobita
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Vision
well-developedPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 29 million years on record.

The record covers at least 516 Mya to 486.4 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 538.8 Mya to 477.1 Mya.

Cambrian — about 1059 of 1060 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 1 of 1060 occurrencesOrdovician540–538 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences538–536 Mya — about 1 occurrence536–534 Mya — about 1 occurrence534–531 Mya — about 1 occurrence531–529 Mya — about 1 occurrence529–527 Mya — about 1 occurrence527–525 Mya — about 1 occurrence525–523 Mya — about 1 occurrence523–521 Mya — about 1 occurrence521–519 Mya — about 2 occurrences519–517 Mya — about 2 occurrences517–514 Mya — about 16 occurrences514–512 Mya — about 70 occurrences512–510 Mya — about 72 occurrences510–508 Mya — about 146 occurrences508–506 Mya — about 284 occurrences506–504 Mya — about 234 occurrences504–502 Mya — about 63 occurrences502–499 Mya — about 65 occurrences499–497 Mya — about 62 occurrences497–495 Mya — about 16 occurrences495–493 Mya — about 6 occurrences493–491 Mya — about 6 occurrences491–489 Mya — about 5 occurrences489–487 Mya — about 4 occurrences487–484 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences484–482 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences482–480 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences480–478 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences478–476 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences516 Mya486.4 Mya540 Mya476 Mya

1,060 occurrences of Ptychopariidae on record, most of them in the Cambrian. 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

1,060 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

120 formations

Pioche Shale — 37.89°N, 114.61°WPioche Shale — 37.94°N, 114.48°WPioche Shale — 37.61°N, 114.76°WPioche Shale — 37.41°N, 114.79°WPioche Shale — 37.90°N, 114.41°WPioche Shale — 37.75°N, 114.55°WPioche Shale — 37.62°N, 114.38°WPioche Shale — 37.52°N, 114.79°WPioche Shale — 37.85°N, 114.60°WPioche Shale — 37.63°N, 114.51°WPioche Shale — 40.00°N, 115.00°WKaili — 26.40°N, 107.88°EKaili — 26.73°N, 108.42°EEmigrant — 37.72°N, 117.44°WEmigrant — 37.71°N, 117.45°WEmigrant — 37.63°N, 117.25°WEmigrant — 37.55°N, 117.28°WEmigrant — 37.35°N, 117.83°WEmigrant — 37.79°N, 117.44°WCarrara — 39.16°N, 119.83°WCarrara — 37.35°N, 116.13°WCarrara — 37.45°N, 115.73°WCarrara — 36.67°N, 116.32°WCarrara — 36.75°N, 117.07°WCarrara — 36.48°N, 116.73°WCarrara — 36.38°N, 116.60°WCarrara — 36.20°N, 116.35°WCarrara — 37.57°N, 115.76°WMaochuang — 34.75°N, 110.62°EMaochuang — 36.42°N, 116.88°EMaochuang — 41.25°N, 124.47°EMaochuang — 41.20°N, 123.72°EMaochuang — 34.63°N, 112.97°EMaochuang — 34.80°N, 111.90°EMaochuang — 35.42°N, 114.05°EMaochuang — 33.80°N, 112.93°EParahio — 33.25°N, 77.17°EParahio — 32.02°N, 77.93°EMt. Whyte — 51.50°N, 116.50°WMt. Whyte — 51.42°N, 116.45°WMt. Whyte — 51.33°N, 116.23°WMt. Whyte — 51.49°N, 116.08°WMt. Whyte — 50.90°N, 115.62°WLaoyingshan — 32.58°N, 116.85°EMonola — 37.01°N, 117.79°WMonola — 37.08°N, 117.86°WMonola — 36.94°N, 117.91°WShallow Bay — 49.25°N, 65.57°WShallow Bay — 49.83°N, 57.87°WShallow Bay — 49.92°N, 57.90°WTindall Limestone — 13.82°S, 131.35°ETindall Limestone — 14.25°S, 131.38°ETindall Limestone — 13.78°S, 131.32°ETindall Limestone — 13.55°S, 131.18°ETindall Limestone — 13.88°S, 131.02°ETindall Limestone — 13.42°S, 130.58°ETindall Limestone — 14.17°S, 130.83°ETindall Limestone — 14.33°S, 132.17°ETindall Limestone — 13.72°S, 131.33°EJince — 49.78°N, 13.97°EJince — 49.00°N, 14.00°EJince — 49.96°N, 13.74°EHsuchuang — 34.75°N, 110.62°EHsuchuang — 32.58°N, 116.85°EHsuchuang — 39.60°N, 107.00°EHsuchuang — 34.63°N, 112.97°EHsuchuang — 34.80°N, 111.90°EHsuchuang — 35.42°N, 114.05°EIlltyd — 65.09°N, 134.71°WMount Whyte — 52.83°N, 119.25°WMount Whyte — 51.39°N, 116.43°WLangston — 42.19°N, 112.25°WLangston — 42.32°N, 111.45°WFengjia'ao — 32.80°N, 111.45°EFengjia'ao — 32.73°N, 111.17°ETrailer — 39.88°N, 113.05°WSekwi — 63.52°N, 128.68°WKinzers — 40.44°N, 75.12°WKinzers — 40.05°N, 76.36°WKinzers — 39.96°N, 76.73°WHillard Limestone — 64.97°N, 141.18°WHillard Limestone — 65.20°N, 141.43°WHillard Limestone — 64.95°N, 141.01°WHolm Dal — 82.42°N, 39.75°WWheeler — 39.52°N, 113.00°WDouposi — 27.55°N, 106.23°E

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The named rock units Ptychopariidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 96 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 8 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ptychopariidae and its relatives

Cambrian

Where Ptychopariidae and its relatives were recorded in the Cambrian.

Found in the same rock

598 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 442 sites for Ptychopariidae, 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

137 references

Each of the 1,060 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. 125 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 Ptychopariidae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Ptychopariidae 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Matthew 1887