Sphaerexochinae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CheiruridaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Cheiruridae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 46 million years on record.

The record covers at least 471.3 Mya to 425 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 422.7 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 353 occurrencesOrdovician — about 267 of 353 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 86 of 353 occurrencesSilurian488–486 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences486–484 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences484–481 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences481–479 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences479–477 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences477–475 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences475–473 Mya — about 1 occurrence473–470 Mya — about 5 occurrences470–468 Mya — about 10 occurrences468–466 Mya — about 10 occurrences466–464 Mya — about 10 occurrences464–461 Mya — about 12 occurrences461–459 Mya — about 14 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 27 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 20 occurrences455–453 Mya — about 24 occurrences453–450 Mya — about 20 occurrences450–448 Mya — about 37 occurrences448–446 Mya — about 44 occurrences446–444 Mya — about 27 occurrences444–441 Mya — about 6 occurrences441–439 Mya — about 1 occurrence439–437 Mya — about 2 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 3 occurrences435–433 Mya — about 6 occurrences433–430 Mya — about 22 occurrences430–428 Mya — about 14 occurrences428–426 Mya — about 14 occurrences426–424 Mya — about 17 occurrences424–421 Mya — about 6 occurrences471.3 Mya425 Mya488 Mya421 Mya

353 occurrences of Sphaerexochinae 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

353 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

128 formations

Kildare Limestone — 53.17°N, 6.75°WKildare Limestone — 53.20°N, 6.92°WCrown Point — 44.61°N, 73.42°WCrown Point — 44.64°N, 73.32°WCrown Point — 44.87°N, 73.41°WCrown Point — 44.84°N, 73.35°WCrown Point — 44.58°N, 73.53°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°WWhittaker — 62.00°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 61.52°N, 124.87°WWhittaker — 62.47°N, 124.85°WWhittaker — 63.28°N, 125.35°WWhittaker — 61.48°N, 125.05°WWhittaker — 62.46°N, 124.88°WWhittaker — 62.38°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 62.77°N, 125.25°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.36°WEdinburg — 38.82°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 36.88°N, 81.68°WEdinburg — 37.74°N, 79.51°WBoda Limestone — 61.00°N, 15.13°EBoda Limestone — 61.17°N, 14.71°EBoda Limestone — 61.05°N, 15.20°EBoda Limestone — 61.15°N, 15.12°EUlunda Mudstone — 58.00°N, 13.00°EUlunda Mudstone — 58.30°N, 13.78°EUlunda Mudstone — 58.43°N, 13.70°EDay Point — 44.62°N, 73.44°WDay Point — 44.88°N, 73.46°WDay Point — 44.85°N, 73.33°WDay Point — 44.86°N, 73.33°WDay Point — 44.84°N, 73.36°WDelorme — 62.38°N, 127.00°WDelorme — 62.78°N, 125.25°WHemse Beds — 57.28°N, 18.32°EHemse Beds — 57.37°N, 18.69°EHemse Beds — 57.23°N, 18.37°EMotol — 50.05°N, 14.37°EMotol — 50.03°N, 14.32°EMotol — 49.97°N, 14.07°EMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°EMotol — 49.77°N, 13.25°EMotol — 50.08°N, 14.47°EMingan — 50.21°N, 63.75°WMingan — 50.21°N, 63.90°WMingan — 50.21°N, 64.13°WMingan — 50.20°N, 63.61°WJonstorp — 60.91°N, 15.02°EJonstorp — 58.23°N, 13.80°EJonstorp — 58.30°N, 13.78°EJonstorp — 58.43°N, 13.70°EJonstorp — 58.23°N, 15.73°ECape Phillips — 75.13°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WBalclatchie — 55.23°N, 4.74°WBalclatchie — 55.24°N, 4.78°WBalclatchie — 55.31°N, 4.80°WRacine — 42.73°N, 87.78°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WRacine — 43.01°N, 88.38°WRacine — 43.03°N, 87.90°WSlite Beds — 57.72°N, 18.80°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 14.22°EKopanina — 50.03°N, 14.32°ERacine Dolomite — 41.67°N, 88.00°WRacine Dolomite — 43.00°N, 88.00°WRacine Dolomite — 38.97°N, 90.43°WRacine Dolomite — 42.72°N, 87.78°WValcour — 44.62°N, 73.40°WValcour — 44.30°N, 73.31°WValcour — 44.89°N, 73.44°WLangåra — 59.85°N, 10.50°ELangåra — 59.87°N, 10.56°EStinchar Limestone — 55.20°N, 4.75°WSolvang — 60.00°N, 11.00°ESolvang — 58.45°N, 8.76°ESolvang — 60.05°N, 10.18°ECliffield — 37.17°N, 81.48°WCliffield — 37.13°N, 81.48°WCliffield — 37.08°N, 81.71°W

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The named rock units Sphaerexochinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 104 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 17 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Sphaerexochinae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Sphaerexochinae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

2,671 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 315 sites for Sphaerexochinae, 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

114 references

Each of the 353 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. 102 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 content0

No picture of Sphaerexochinae was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Sphaerexochinae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Sphaerexochinae 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Opik 1937