Sphenopteris

No picture of Sphenopteris was found. iDigBio was searched and had none. Wikipedia and Wikidata have a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Sphenopteris itself, so it was not used. 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 Sphenopteris, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LyginopteridalesPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Streptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 299 million years on record.

The record covers at least 383.4 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 387.95 Mya to 66 Mya.

Devonian — about 22 of 907 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 213 of 907 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 232 of 907 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 15 of 907 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 13 of 907 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 36 of 907 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 46 of 907 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 82 of 907 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 146 of 907 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 91 of 907 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 12 of 907 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 907 occurrences394–383 Mya — about 2 occurrences383–372 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences372–361 Mya — about 14 occurrences361–350 Mya — about 32 occurrences350–339 Mya — about 32 occurrences339–327 Mya — about 32 occurrences327–316 Mya — about 41 occurrences316–305 Mya — about 54 occurrences305–294 Mya — about 52 occurrences294–283 Mya — about 60 occurrences283–272 Mya — about 43 occurrences272–260 Mya — about 48 occurrences260–249 Mya — about 65 occurrences249–238 Mya — about 18 occurrences238–227 Mya — about 14 occurrences227–216 Mya — about 9 occurrences216–205 Mya — about 10 occurrences205–193 Mya — about 15 occurrences193–182 Mya — about 20 occurrences182–171 Mya — about 33 occurrences171–160 Mya — about 73 occurrences160–149 Mya — about 100 occurrences149–138 Mya — about 45 occurrences138–127 Mya — about 15 occurrences127–115 Mya — about 33 occurrences115–104 Mya — about 29 occurrences104–93 Mya — about 13 occurrences93–82 Mya — about 3 occurrences82–71 Mya — about 2 occurrences71–60 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences383.4 Mya83.6 Mya394 Mya60 Mya

907 occurrences of Sphenopteris on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

907 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

289 formations

Pottsville — 33.82°N, 87.42°WPottsville — 33.00°N, 87.00°WPottsville — 33.81°N, 87.17°WRajmahal — 25.03°N, 87.59°ERajmahal — 25.14°N, 87.50°ERajmahal — 25.21°N, 87.50°ERajmahal — 25.08°N, 87.74°ERajmahal — 25.24°N, 87.71°ERajmahal — 20.52°N, 85.63°ERajmahal — 24.54°N, 87.57°EEvieux — 50.37°N, 5.02°EEvieux — 50.45°N, 5.28°EEvieux — 50.53°N, 5.57°EEvieux — 50.58°N, 5.75°EEvieux — 50.67°N, 5.70°EEvieux — 50.18°N, 5.38°EKootenai — 47.48°N, 111.37°WBhuj — 23.22°N, 69.74°EBhuj — 23.08°N, 69.32°EBhuj — 23.37°N, 69.71°EBhuj — 23.10°N, 69.43°EBhuj — 23.18°N, 69.38°EBhuj — 23.28°N, 69.36°EBhuj — 23.48°N, 69.27°EBreathitt — 37.08°N, 83.70°WShanxi — 35.20°N, 109.90°EShanxi — 38.80°N, 105.60°EShanxi — 40.70°N, 120.80°EShanxi — 38.80°N, 99.60°EShanxi — 38.50°N, 102.20°EShanxi — 39.40°N, 111.00°EShanxi — 36.37°N, 113.28°EJabalpur — 22.50°N, 78.50°EJabalpur — 23.11°N, 80.13°EJabalpur — 23.18°N, 79.95°EJabalpur — 22.37°N, 77.61°EJabalpur — 23.78°N, 81.45°EBeaver Mines — 49.03°N, 114.50°WBeaver Mines — 49.13°N, 114.90°WManebacher — 50.80°N, 10.60°EGoldlauterer — 50.80°N, 10.60°EUtano — 34.20°N, 131.30°EKachaike — 48.85°S, 72.15°WKachaike — 48.85°S, 72.15°WAnfiteatro de Ticó — 48.55°S, 70.13°WAnfiteatro de Ticó — 48.51°S, 69.24°WMinto — 46.08°N, 66.08°WOlloniego — 39.00°N, 4.00°WOlloniego — 43.00°N, 5.00°WChengzhi — 45.90°N, 133.00°ECoal and shale Suite — 42.80°N, 41.80°EErfurt — 51.75°N, 11.03°ELawrence Shale — 38.83°N, 95.38°WLawrence Shale — 38.77°N, 95.18°WGrodner Folge — 46.10°N, 11.10°EGrodner Conglomerate — 45.70°N, 10.20°ERio Bonito — 28.70°S, 49.30°WRio Bonito — 31.60°S, 53.90°WRio Bonito — 30.10°S, 51.70°WRio do Rasto — 28.30°S, 49.50°WRio do Rasto — 27.00°S, 50.00°WRio do Rasto — 25.50°S, 51.00°W

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The named rock units Sphenopteris has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 265 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 298 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Sphenopteris and its relatives

Permian

Where Sphenopteris and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

726 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 580 sites for Sphenopteris, 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

293 references

Each of the 907 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. 281 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

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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No picture of Sphenopteris was found. iDigBio was searched and had none.

Wikipedia and Wikidata have a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Sphenopteris itself, so it was not used.

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 Sphenopteris, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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. Sternberg 1825