Ptychopleurella

Ptychopleurella

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
HesperorthidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Orthida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Orthida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Orthida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 50 million years on record.

The record covers at least 461.1 Mya to 410.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 393.47 Mya.

Ordovician — about 127 of 228 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 95 of 228 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 6 of 228 occurrencesDevonian473–470 Mya — about 1 occurrence470–467 Mya — about 4 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 5 occurrences465–462 Mya — about 5 occurrences462–459 Mya — about 7 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 9 occurrences457–454 Mya — about 9 occurrences454–451 Mya — about 11 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 27 occurrences449–446 Mya — about 27 occurrences446–443 Mya — about 21 occurrences443–440 Mya — about 7 occurrences440–438 Mya — about 6 occurrences438–435 Mya — about 2 occurrences435–432 Mya — about 7 occurrences432–430 Mya — about 22 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 7 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 14 occurrences424–422 Mya — about 19 occurrences422–419 Mya — about 12 occurrences413–411 Mya — about 5 occurrences411–408 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences408–405 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences405–403 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences403–400 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences400–397 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences397–395 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences395–392 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences461.1 Mya410.62 Mya473 Mya392 Mya

228 occurrences of Ptychopleurella on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

228 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

86 formations

Kangaroo Creek — 41.37°N, 122.69°WHenryhouse — 35.08°N, 98.24°WHenryhouse — 35.00°N, 97.00°WHenryhouse — 34.37°N, 97.00°WHenryhouse — 34.60°N, 97.03°WHenryhouse — 34.62°N, 96.63°WHenryhouse — 34.66°N, 96.68°WHenryhouse — 34.77°N, 96.67°WHenryhouse — 34.68°N, 96.76°WDelorme — 62.38°N, 127.00°WHorseshoe Gulch — 41.42°N, 122.77°WRoberts Mountain — 39.84°N, 116.35°WRoberts Mountain — 39.95°N, 116.31°WCape Phillips — 75.13°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WVandon Limestone — 33.63°S, 148.78°EVandon Limestone — 33.55°S, 148.78°EVandon Limestone — 33.63°S, 149.11°EBelubula — 34.00°S, 149.00°EBelubula — 33.63°S, 148.78°EEllis Bay — 49.82°N, 64.35°WEllis Bay — 49.42°N, 62.25°WTelsitna — 62.15°N, 154.98°WTelsitna — 62.12°N, 155.02°WStinchar — 55.21°N, 4.78°WStinchar — 55.26°N, 4.30°WStinchar — 55.21°N, 4.70°WHilliste — 58.87°N, 22.97°ERoberts Mountains — 39.95°N, 116.31°WSlite Beds — 57.72°N, 18.80°EHemse Beds — 57.23°N, 18.37°EHemse Beds — 57.28°N, 18.32°EHemse Beds — 57.37°N, 18.69°EPaprieniai — 55.25°N, 23.15°EPaprieniai — 55.20°N, 23.87°EPorto de Santa Anna — 40.00°N, 8.00°WPorto de Santa Anna — 40.33°N, 8.35°WVaureal — 49.81°N, 64.35°WVaureal — 49.91°N, 64.24°WVaureal — 49.81°N, 64.43°WVarbola — 58.69°N, 25.63°EVarbola — 58.67°N, 25.12°EVarbola — 58.12°N, 22.19°EJohnson Spring — 36.91°N, 118.07°WAntelope Valley — 38.05°N, 116.45°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.66°WLenoir — 35.96°N, 83.92°WLenoir — 35.77°N, 84.13°WQuondong Limestone — 33.92°S, 148.20°EQuondong Limestone — 33.34°S, 148.84°ERegans Creek Limestone — 33.50°S, 148.88°E

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The named rock units Ptychopleurella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 62 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 23 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ptychopleurella and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Ptychopleurella and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

2,201 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 212 sites for Ptychopleurella, 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

76 references

Each of the 228 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. 64 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 Ptychopleurella

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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Schuchert and Cooper 1931