Punctospiriferidae

Punctospirifer kentuckyensis (Shumard, 1855), a relative of Punctospiriferidae — not Punctospiriferidae itself

Not Punctospiriferidae. This is Punctospirifer kentuckyensis (Shumard, 1855), a relative — both are Punctospiriferidae.

Collector(s): Spencer G. Lucas, Barry Stephen Kues · CC0 · via GBIF. 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
PennospiriferinoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spiriferinida
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Spiriferinida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Spiriferinida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 131 million years on record.

The record covers at least 368.5 Mya to 237 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 538.8 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 615 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 0 of 615 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 615 occurrencesDevonian — about 18 of 615 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 401 of 615 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 169 of 615 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 615 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 21 of 615 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 5 of 615 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 615 occurrences546–534 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences534–522 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences522–510 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences510–499 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences499–487 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences487–475 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences475–464 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences464–452 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences452–440 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences440–429 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences429–417 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences417–405 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences405–393 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences393–382 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences382–370 Mya — about 2 occurrences370–358 Mya — about 18 occurrences358–347 Mya — about 60 occurrences347–335 Mya — about 68 occurrences335–323 Mya — about 75 occurrences323–312 Mya — about 34 occurrences312–300 Mya — about 147 occurrences300–288 Mya — about 72 occurrences288–277 Mya — about 32 occurrences277–265 Mya — about 54 occurrences265–253 Mya — about 23 occurrences253–241 Mya — about 9 occurrences241–230 Mya — about 18 occurrences230–218 Mya — about 1 occurrence218–206 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences206–195 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences368.5 Mya237 Mya546 Mya195 Mya

615 occurrences of Punctospiriferidae on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

615 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

192 formations

Graham — 33.02°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 33.03°N, 98.65°WGraham — 32.96°N, 98.76°WGraham — 31.50°N, 99.37°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 33.01°N, 98.52°WGraham — 33.26°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.18°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WBuffel — 25.38°S, 150.29°EBuffel — 25.26°S, 150.26°EWood Siding — 39.27°N, 96.42°WWood Siding — 39.94°N, 95.93°WWood Siding — 39.41°N, 96.20°WWood Siding — 38.75°N, 95.97°WWood Siding — 37.90°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 37.78°N, 96.43°WWood Siding — 37.60°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 39.07°N, 96.08°WWood Siding — 40.38°N, 95.66°WWood Siding — 39.91°N, 95.55°WWood Siding — 39.55°N, 96.25°WWood Siding — 39.25°N, 95.90°WWood Siding — 39.07°N, 96.00°WWood Siding — 39.11°N, 96.37°WWinchell — 31.50°N, 98.58°WWinchell — 33.03°N, 98.07°WCallytharra — 25.88°S, 115.50°EBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WFort Payne Chert — 36.92°N, 84.96°WFort Payne Chert — 36.54°N, 85.16°WFort Payne Chert — 36.72°N, 85.45°WBanff — 57.00°N, 120.00°WBanff — 53.08°N, 118.06°WBanff — 52.08°N, 116.43°WBanff — 52.98°N, 117.33°WBanff — 51.80°N, 115.83°WBanff — 51.68°N, 115.83°WBanff — 51.60°N, 115.77°WBanff — 51.42°N, 115.75°WBanff — 51.15°N, 115.55°WBanff — 51.08°N, 115.17°WEdwardsville — 39.50°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.75°N, 86.67°WEdwardsville — 39.25°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.00°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.04°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.05°N, 86.44°WCherokee Shale — 37.60°N, 94.68°WCherokee Shale — 37.30°N, 94.95°WCherokee Shale — 37.14°N, 95.10°WCherokee Shale — 37.60°N, 94.62°WCherokee Shale — 37.27°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.11°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.80°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.50°N, 86.72°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.17°N, 86.57°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.10°N, 86.56°WGlen Dean Limestone — 37.90°N, 86.64°WGlen Dean Limestone — 37.48°N, 86.30°WGlen Dean Limestone — 37.83°N, 86.60°WWord — 30.40°N, 103.18°WWord — 30.40°N, 103.14°WWord — 30.38°N, 103.26°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°WPottawatomie — 38.94°N, 95.10°WForaker Limestome — 39.39°N, 96.41°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WForaker Limestome — 39.49°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WLodgepole Limestone — 45.97°N, 111.54°WLodgepole Limestone — 42.63°N, 111.87°WLodgepole Limestone — 42.05°N, 112.28°WLodgepole Limestone — 42.12°N, 111.41°WLodgepole Limestone — 43.66°N, 111.33°WDennis — 41.33°N, 94.01°WDennis — 41.40°N, 94.38°WDennis — 39.76°N, 93.80°WDennis — 37.70°N, 95.19°WDennis — 38.44°N, 95.13°WDennis — 37.33°N, 95.44°WDajialian — 37.49°N, 99.38°EDajialian — 37.46°N, 99.33°EJanesville Shale — 39.07°N, 96.08°WJanesville Shale — 38.31°N, 95.30°WJanesville Shale — 39.24°N, 96.18°WJanesville Shale — 39.10°N, 96.37°WJanesville Shale — 38.93°N, 96.05°WStotler Limestone — 39.54°N, 95.59°WStotler Limestone — 39.07°N, 95.98°WStotler Limestone — 38.20°N, 96.22°WStotler Limestone — 39.63°N, 95.61°WGolconda — 38.66°N, 86.78°WGolconda — 37.99°N, 86.56°WGolconda — 37.93°N, 86.54°WGolconda — 37.93°N, 86.57°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.38°WWatahomigi — 36.16°N, 113.17°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.04°WGircha — 36.78°N, 74.47°EGircha — 36.78°N, 74.38°EGircha — 36.85°N, 73.65°EGircha — 36.83°N, 73.60°EPitkin — 35.92°N, 94.20°WPitkin — 35.75°N, 95.20°WPitkin — 35.76°N, 94.81°WPawnee — 40.61°N, 90.03°WPawnee — 37.20°N, 95.20°WPawnee — 37.10°N, 95.28°WPawnee — 36.76°N, 95.54°W

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The named rock units Punctospiriferidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 168 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 57 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Punctospiriferidae and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Punctospiriferidae and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

955 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 593 sites for Punctospiriferidae, 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

158 references

Each of the 615 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. 146 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 Punctospirifer kentuckyensis (Shumard, 1855)

Source
GBIF
Credit
Collector(s): Spencer G. Lucas, Barry Stephen Kues
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Punctospiriferidae 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.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itPennospiriferinoidea through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Waterhouse 1975