Schizophoria

Schizophoria is an extinct genus of brachiopod belonging to the superfamily Enteletoidea. Specimens have been found in Devonian through Permian beds in North America, Australia, central and southeast Asia, and eastern Europe.

Schizophoria

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SchizophoriidaePBDB
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 178 million years on record.

The record covers at least 432.9 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 1177 occurrencesSilurian — about 26 of 1177 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 834 of 1177 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 279 of 1177 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 38 of 1177 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 1177 occurrences447–440 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences440–434 Mya — about 2 occurrences434–427 Mya — about 1 occurrence427–420 Mya — about 20 occurrences420–414 Mya — about 125 occurrences414–407 Mya — about 57 occurrences407–401 Mya — about 20 occurrences401–394 Mya — about 22 occurrences394–387 Mya — about 108 occurrences387–381 Mya — about 176 occurrences381–374 Mya — about 193 occurrences374–367 Mya — about 85 occurrences367–361 Mya — about 38 occurrences361–354 Mya — about 39 occurrences354–348 Mya — about 36 occurrences348–341 Mya — about 34 occurrences341–334 Mya — about 56 occurrences334–328 Mya — about 73 occurrences328–321 Mya — about 30 occurrences321–314 Mya — about 13 occurrences314–308 Mya — about 4 occurrences308–301 Mya — about 4 occurrences301–294 Mya — about 6 occurrences294–288 Mya — about 6 occurrences288–281 Mya — about 4 occurrences281–275 Mya — about 3 occurrences275–268 Mya — about 2 occurrences268–261 Mya — about 7 occurrences261–255 Mya — about 7 occurrences255–248 Mya — about 3 occurrences432.9 Mya254.14 Mya447 Mya248 Mya

1,177 occurrences of Schizophoria on record, most of them in the Devonian. 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

1,177 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

300 formations

Second Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WFrasnian moyen — 50.67°N, 4.53°EFrasnian moyen — 50.17°N, 5.22°EFrasnian moyen — 50.17°N, 4.57°EFrasnian moyen — 50.18°N, 4.53°EFrasnian moyen — 50.18°N, 4.70°EFrasnian moyen — 50.27°N, 4.92°EFrasnian moyen — 50.35°N, 5.47°EFrasnian moyen — 50.38°N, 5.48°EFrasnian moyen — 50.67°N, 4.23°EFrasnian moyen — 50.13°N, 5.18°EFrasnian moyen — 50.17°N, 4.80°EFrasnian moyen — 50.17°N, 5.27°EFrasnian moyen — 50.43°N, 3.80°EFrasnian moyen — 50.50°N, 4.32°EFrasnian moyen — 50.12°N, 5.25°EFrasnian moyen — 50.67°N, 4.33°EFrasnian moyen — 50.83°N, 4.55°EFrasnian moyen — 50.83°N, 4.60°EFrasnian moyen — 50.12°N, 5.00°EWaterways — 58.00°N, 112.72°WWaterways — 59.12°N, 112.57°WLime Creek — 43.05°N, 92.96°WLime Creek — 42.02°N, 93.45°WLime Creek — 43.05°N, 92.97°WLime Creek — 42.47°N, 91.89°WLime Creek — 43.83°N, 92.93°WLime Creek — 43.52°N, 92.95°WTriangle — 42.35°N, 75.89°WTriangle — 42.33°N, 75.85°WTriangle — 42.19°N, 75.87°WTriangle — 42.46°N, 75.47°WTriangle — 42.32°N, 75.64°WTriangle — 42.28°N, 76.02°WTriangle — 42.21°N, 75.79°WTriangle — 42.29°N, 75.43°WTriangle — 42.42°N, 75.86°WTriangle — 42.40°N, 75.77°WTriangle — 42.23°N, 76.18°WTriangle — 42.36°N, 76.00°WTriangle — 42.30°N, 75.51°WTriangle — 42.36°N, 75.50°WChemung — 41.81°N, 77.78°WChemung — 37.80°N, 80.30°WChemung — 42.28°N, 77.14°WChemung — 42.67°N, 76.42°WChemung — 42.21°N, 76.49°WChemung — 42.23°N, 78.40°WChemung — 42.27°N, 77.55°WChemung — 42.28°N, 79.72°WChemung — 42.33°N, 75.77°WChemung — 42.43°N, 76.50°WChemung — 42.17°N, 76.62°WChemung — 42.67°N, 76.92°WChemung — 41.73°N, 80.35°WChemung — 42.33°N, 77.67°WChemung — 42.22°N, 78.67°WChemung — 42.28°N, 78.17°WChemung — 42.35°N, 76.36°WLittle Cedar — 42.32°N, 92.17°WLittle Cedar — 41.48°N, 90.62°WLittle Cedar — 41.67°N, 91.53°WLittle Cedar — 41.72°N, 91.45°WLittle Cedar — 41.82°N, 91.51°WLittle Cedar — 41.46°N, 90.73°WLittle Cedar — 42.53°N, 92.33°WLittle Cedar — 42.33°N, 91.72°WLittle Cedar — 42.00°N, 91.00°WLittle Cedar — 42.37°N, 92.41°WSly Gap — 32.87°N, 105.88°WSly Gap — 33.16°N, 106.55°WSly Gap — 33.34°N, 106.45°WSly Gap — 33.37°N, 106.45°WSly Gap — 33.18°N, 107.68°WSly Gap — 32.66°N, 106.46°WSly Gap — 32.82°N, 104.83°WSly Gap — 32.90°N, 105.96°WSly Gap — 33.41°N, 106.42°WRoberts Mountain — 39.94°N, 116.32°WThree Forks Shale — 45.91°N, 111.85°WThree Forks Shale — 45.89°N, 111.96°WThree Forks Shale — 45.93°N, 111.86°WThree Forks Shale — 45.92°N, 111.55°WThree Forks Shale — 45.83°N, 111.64°WOnondaga — 42.18°N, 73.95°WOnondaga — 42.08°N, 73.97°WOnondaga — 42.26°N, 73.90°WOnondaga — 41.93°N, 74.03°WOnondaga — 42.59°N, 74.93°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.04°WOnondaga — 42.55°N, 73.94°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WGlen Aubrey — 42.38°N, 75.58°WGlen Aubrey — 42.31°N, 76.07°WGlen Aubrey — 42.42°N, 76.19°WGlen Aubrey — 42.28°N, 75.70°WGlen Aubrey — 42.24°N, 75.81°WGlen Aubrey — 42.53°N, 76.11°WGlen Aubrey — 42.37°N, 76.35°WGlen Aubrey — 42.29°N, 75.92°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 42.33°N, 83.03°WSolonchatskaya — 51.77°N, 59.10°EMiaokao — 25.53°N, 103.68°EMiaokao — 26.00°N, 103.00°EMiaokao — 25.48°N, 103.78°EWoolooma — 32.50°S, 151.00°EWoolooma — 30.11°S, 150.28°EWoolooma — 32.15°S, 150.99°ELithograph City — 43.00°N, 93.00°WLithograph City — 41.67°N, 91.53°WLithograph City — 41.63°N, 90.63°WLithograph City — 41.82°N, 91.87°WLithograph City — 41.82°N, 91.51°WLithograph City — 42.31°N, 92.19°WLithograph City — 42.47°N, 91.89°WLithograph City — 41.95°N, 91.89°WLithograph City — 42.37°N, 92.41°WDenay Limestone — 39.22°N, 116.22°WDenay Limestone — 39.98°N, 116.27°WDenay Limestone — 39.55°N, 116.28°WBird Fiord — 76.30°N, 99.30°WBird Fiord — 76.63°N, 88.46°WBird Fiord — 76.62°N, 88.40°WFlagstaff Sandstone — 32.28°S, 151.63°EFlagstaff Sandstone — 32.21°S, 151.57°EDyer — 39.55°N, 107.25°WDyer — 39.72°N, 107.50°WDyer — 39.75°N, 107.32°WDyer — 39.80°N, 107.17°WDyer — 39.62°N, 107.10°WDawson Bay — 52.89°N, 101.06°WDawson Bay — 51.65°N, 99.81°WDawson Bay — 52.60°N, 104.95°WDawson Bay — 52.88°N, 101.05°WDawson Bay — 52.80°N, 100.25°WDawson Bay — 51.57°N, 99.78°WBlack Rock — 51.33°N, 2.74°WRoad River — 65.00°N, 136.00°WRoad River — 64.77°N, 135.19°WRoad River — 64.79°N, 135.14°W

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The named rock units Schizophoria has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 276 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 198 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Schizophoria and its relatives

Devonian

Where Schizophoria and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

1,383 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 977 sites for Schizophoria, 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

268 references

Each of the 1,177 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. 256 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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (King 1850)