Remopleurididae

Asaphida is a large, morphologically diverse order of trilobites found in marine strata dated from the Middle Cambrian until their extinction during the Silurian. Asaphida contains six superfamilies, but no suborders. Asaphids comprise some 20% of described fossil trilobites.

Remopleurididae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AsaphoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Trilobita
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
well-developedPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 54 million years on record.

The record covers at least 499.5 Mya to 445.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 504.5 Mya to 443.1 Mya.

Cambrian — about 163 of 1319 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 1156 of 1319 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 1319 occurrences506–504 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences504–501 Mya — about 1 occurrence501–499 Mya — about 1 occurrence497–495 Mya — about 5 occurrences495–493 Mya — about 13 occurrences493–491 Mya — about 41 occurrences491–489 Mya — about 52 occurrences489–487 Mya — about 55 occurrences487–484 Mya — about 86 occurrences484–482 Mya — about 75 occurrences482–480 Mya — about 73 occurrences480–478 Mya — about 75 occurrences478–476 Mya — about 49 occurrences476–474 Mya — about 21 occurrences474–472 Mya — about 19 occurrences472–470 Mya — about 41 occurrences470–467 Mya — about 28 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 22 occurrences465–463 Mya — about 21 occurrences463–461 Mya — about 22 occurrences461–459 Mya — about 54 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 125 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 85 occurrences455–453 Mya — about 103 occurrences453–450 Mya — about 95 occurrences450–448 Mya — about 77 occurrences448–446 Mya — about 46 occurrences446–444 Mya — about 26 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 5 occurrences499.5 Mya445.2 Mya506 Mya442 Mya

1,319 occurrences of Remopleurididae 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

1,319 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

268 formations

Santa Rosita — 22.25°S, 64.96°WSanta Rosita — 23.00°S, 66.00°WSanta Rosita — 23.61°S, 65.35°WSanta Rosita — 23.75°S, 65.54°WSanta Rosita — 22.18°S, 65.26°WSanta Rosita — 24.52°S, 65.55°WSanta Rosita — 24.50°S, 65.75°WSanta Rosita — 22.21°S, 64.89°WSanta Rosita — 23.47°S, 65.34°WSanta Rosita — 23.58°S, 65.34°WSanta Rosita — 22.76°S, 65.20°WSanta Rosita — 22.66°S, 65.17°WSanta Rosita — 22.51°S, 65.10°WBestogai — 43.53°N, 69.95°EVollen — 60.00°N, 11.00°EVollen — 59.90°N, 10.67°EVollen — 60.15°N, 10.30°EVollen — 59.86°N, 10.43°EVollen — 59.81°N, 10.49°EVollen — 59.84°N, 10.64°EVollen — 59.93°N, 10.49°EVollen — 60.00°N, 10.27°EVollen — 59.90°N, 10.63°EVollen — 61.08°N, 11.75°EVollen — 59.08°N, 9.64°ESolvang — 60.00°N, 11.00°ESolvang — 60.13°N, 10.28°ESolvang — 60.05°N, 10.18°ESolvang — 61.33°N, 8.80°ESolvang — 59.85°N, 10.59°ESolvang — 59.82°N, 10.59°ESolvang — 59.89°N, 10.69°ESolvang — 59.84°N, 10.54°ESolvang — 58.45°N, 8.76°ESolvang — 60.22°N, 10.67°ESolvang — 60.32°N, 10.55°ESolvang — 60.35°N, 10.42°ESolvang — 61.08°N, 11.75°EGarden City — 42.11°N, 111.56°WGarden City — 41.77°N, 111.77°WGarden City — 41.23°N, 112.42°WBalclatchie — 55.22°N, 4.85°WBalclatchie — 54.84°N, 4.05°WBalclatchie — 55.17°N, 4.87°WBalclatchie — 55.31°N, 4.80°WEdinburg — 38.00°N, 79.00°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.36°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.35°WEdinburg — 38.84°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 38.82°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 38.53°N, 78.78°WEdinburg — 38.56°N, 78.86°WEdinburg — 37.74°N, 79.51°WArnestad — 60.00°N, 11.00°EArnestad — 59.82°N, 10.46°EArnestad — 59.82°N, 10.60°EArnestad — 59.88°N, 10.61°EArnestad — 60.09°N, 9.11°EArnestad — 59.88°N, 10.51°EArnestad — 59.92°N, 10.72°EArnestad — 59.92°N, 10.79°EArnestad — 59.94°N, 10.88°ETable Cove — 50.36°N, 57.54°WTable Cove — 48.58°N, 58.70°WTable Cove — 50.18°N, 57.62°WGoodwin — 39.10°N, 116.26°WGoodwin — 36.39°N, 116.61°WGoodwin — 37.34°N, 115.38°WGoodwin — 36.88°N, 116.66°WGoodwin — 39.20°N, 116.25°WGoodwin — 38.28°N, 116.42°WElnes — 60.00°N, 11.00°EElnes — 60.40°N, 10.55°EElnes — 60.84°N, 11.01°EElnes — 60.77°N, 10.85°EElnes — 60.38°N, 10.55°EElnes — 59.82°N, 9.56°EElnes — 59.89°N, 10.67°EElnes — 59.80°N, 10.50°ESurvey Peak — 52.88°N, 118.08°WSurvey Peak — 51.18°N, 115.57°WSurvey Peak — 51.50°N, 116.20°WSurvey Peak — 52.03°N, 116.84°WEsbataottine — 62.00°N, 127.00°WEsbataottine — 61.72°N, 125.93°WEsbataottine — 61.63°N, 125.73°WEsbataottine — 62.52°N, 124.78°WEsbataottine — 61.63°N, 125.75°WEsbataottine — 66.63°N, 140.53°WYeli — 39.00°N, 118.00°EYeli — 39.00°N, 115.00°EYeli — 40.00°N, 119.00°EYeli — 40.00°N, 114.00°EYeli — 42.00°N, 126.00°EShallow Bay — 49.83°N, 57.87°WShallow Bay — 49.92°N, 57.90°WShallow Bay — 49.87°N, 57.82°WAntelope Valley — 39.09°N, 116.85°WAntelope Valley — 38.05°N, 116.45°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 39.00°N, 116.62°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 38.28°N, 116.42°WDalby — 57.00°N, 17.00°EDalby — 58.00°N, 15.00°EDalby — 61.00°N, 15.00°EDalby — 58.00°N, 14.00°EDalby — 58.00°N, 12.00°EBaota — 33.00°N, 111.00°EBaota — 32.00°N, 107.00°EBaota — 29.00°N, 109.00°EBaota — 29.00°N, 110.00°EBaota — 31.00°N, 111.00°EBaota — 32.00°N, 118.00°EBaota — 33.00°N, 106.00°EBaota — 33.00°N, 108.00°EGola Beds — 22.49°S, 140.46°EWhittaker — 62.00°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 62.52°N, 124.85°WWhittaker — 62.50°N, 126.25°WWhittaker — 61.52°N, 124.87°WWhittaker — 63.28°N, 125.35°WWhittaker — 61.48°N, 125.05°WWhittaker — 62.46°N, 124.88°WWhittaker — 62.50°N, 125.25°WHouse Limestone — 39.50°N, 113.39°WHouse Limestone — 38.92°N, 113.36°WHouse Limestone — 38.79°N, 113.64°WVolkhov — 59.97°N, 32.57°ENakkholmen — 61.33°N, 8.80°ENakkholmen — 59.90°N, 10.63°ENakkholmen — 59.84°N, 10.54°ENakkholmen — 60.12°N, 10.27°ENakkholmen — 60.09°N, 9.11°ENakkholmen — 60.24°N, 9.88°ENakkholmen — 59.95°N, 10.66°ENakkholmen — 59.86°N, 10.46°EArdwell Farm — 55.25°N, 4.85°WArdwell Farm — 55.22°N, 4.77°W

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The named rock units Remopleurididae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 244 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 159 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Remopleurididae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Remopleurididae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,596 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 974 sites for Remopleurididae, 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

269 references

Each of the 1,319 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. 257 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 Remopleurididae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Remopleurididae 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. Hawle and Corda 1847