Spatiopora

Spatiopora

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CeramoporinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 31 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 426.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 461.1 Mya to 422.7 Mya.

Ordovician — about 20 of 28 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 8 of 28 occurrencesSilurian462–461 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences461–459 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences459–458 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences458–457 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences455–454 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences454–453 Mya — about 1 occurrence453–451 Mya — about 2 occurrences451–450 Mya — about 3 occurrences450–449 Mya — about 3 occurrences449–447 Mya — about 2 occurrences447–446 Mya — about 2 occurrences446–445 Mya — about 1 occurrence445–443 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences443–442 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences442–441 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences441–439 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences439–438 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences438–437 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences435–434 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences434–433 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences433–431 Mya — about 1 occurrence431–430 Mya — about 1 occurrence430–429 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences429–427 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences427–426 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences426–425 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences425–423 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences423–422 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences458.2 Mya426.7 Mya461.9 Mya421.9 Mya

28 occurrences of Spatiopora 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

28 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

18 formations

Dzerom — 67.37°N, 104.10°EBull Fork — 39.35°N, 85.21°WBull Fork — 39.44°N, 85.01°WBull Fork — 39.56°N, 84.73°WDenley Limestone — 43.21°N, 75.46°WWaynesville — 39.45°N, 83.83°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WRochester — 43.18°N, 78.72°WRochester — 43.16°N, 77.68°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WRead Bay — 74.70°N, 94.82°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WFairview — 39.00°N, 84.00°WBellevue — 39.00°N, 84.00°WCorryville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.62°WAngir — 68.00°N, 88.00°EWhitby — 44.53°N, 80.38°WGeorgian Bay — 43.67°N, 79.42°WChokusu — 49.13°N, 88.37°EIrondequoit — 43.23°N, 76.98°WRägavere — 59.35°N, 26.36°EDecorah Shale — 43.84°N, 92.19°W

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The named rock units Spatiopora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Spatiopora and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Spatiopora and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

563 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 27 sites for Spatiopora, 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

12 references

Each of the 28 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. 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 content2

Picture of Spatiopora

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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. Ulrich 1882