Semicoscinium

Semicoscinium

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SemicosciniidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Bryozoa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 56 million years on record.

The record covers at least 438.6 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 372.15 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 77 occurrencesSilurian — about 38 of 77 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 39 of 77 occurrencesDevonian445–442 Mya — about 1 occurrence442–440 Mya — about 4 occurrences440–437 Mya — about 6 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 6 occurrences435–432 Mya — about 7 occurrences432–430 Mya — about 7 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 4 occurrences427–425 Mya — about 1 occurrence425–422 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences422–420 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences420–417 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences415–413 Mya — about 1 occurrence413–410 Mya — about 6 occurrences410–408 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences408–405 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences405–403 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences403–400 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences400–398 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences395–393 Mya — about 1 occurrence393–390 Mya — about 2 occurrences390–388 Mya — about 2 occurrences388–385 Mya — about 6 occurrences385–383 Mya — about 7 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 4 occurrences381–378 Mya — about 2 occurrences378–376 Mya — about 2 occurrences376–373 Mya — about 2 occurrences373–371 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences438.6 Mya382.31 Mya445 Mya371 Mya

77 occurrences of Semicoscinium 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

77 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

29 formations

Heitai — 45.55°N, 131.95°EKhandyg — 62.20°N, 138.15°EKhandyg — 62.93°N, 138.10°ERochester — 43.16°N, 79.05°WRochester — 43.18°N, 78.72°WRochester — 43.16°N, 77.68°WRochester — 43.25°N, 76.64°WWolcott — 43.22°N, 77.34°WWolcott — 43.23°N, 76.98°WWolcott — 43.25°N, 76.87°WWolcott — 43.24°N, 76.80°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WIrondequoit — 43.23°N, 76.98°WIrondequoit — 43.21°N, 76.88°WIrondequoit — 43.24°N, 76.80°WReynales — 43.20°N, 77.62°WReynales — 43.23°N, 77.33°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.62°WRochester Shale — 43.10°N, 79.06°WAmherstburg — 43.98°N, 81.28°WFloresta-Labateca — 5.85°N, 72.88°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 76.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 75.00°WSanta Lucia — 42.88°N, 5.73°WLouisville Limestone — 40.55°N, 84.57°WRockway — 43.15°N, 77.06°WIrondequoit Limestone — 43.21°N, 77.58°WGasport Limestone — 43.20°N, 78.58°WErdaogou — 43.00°N, 127.00°EValnev Horizon — 72.00°N, 52.00°EValnev — 72.00°N, 52.00°ESinelnikov — 72.00°N, 52.00°ESinelnikov Horizon — 72.00°N, 52.00°EBaton River — 40.00°S, 174.00°ETakhaul — 44.68°N, 104.50°EArmorique — 48.33°N, 4.45°W

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The named rock units Semicoscinium has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 15 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Semicoscinium and its relatives

Devonian

Where Semicoscinium and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

699 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 55 sites for Semicoscinium, 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

26 references

Each of the 77 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. 14 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 Semicoscinium

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Semicoscinium 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. Prout 1859