Stictopora

Stictopora

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RhinidictyidaePBDB
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 70 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 387.95 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 382.31 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 372 occurrencesOrdovician — about 349 of 372 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 2 of 372 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 21 of 372 occurrencesDevonian489–485 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences485–482 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences482–478 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences478–474 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences474–471 Mya — about 2 occurrences471–467 Mya — about 16 occurrences467–464 Mya — about 17 occurrences464–460 Mya — about 17 occurrences460–456 Mya — about 54 occurrences456–453 Mya — about 122 occurrences453–449 Mya — about 98 occurrences449–445 Mya — about 11 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 13 occurrences442–438 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences424–420 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences395–391 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences391–387 Mya — about 2 occurrences387–384 Mya — about 13 occurrences384–380 Mya — about 6 occurrences458.2 Mya387.95 Mya489 Mya380 Mya

372 occurrences of Stictopora 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

372 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

79 formations

Denley Limestone — 43.21°N, 75.46°WDenley Limestone — 44.00°N, 75.00°WDenley Limestone — 43.28°N, 75.14°WDenley Limestone — 43.88°N, 75.49°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington Limestone — 38.34°N, 84.85°WLexington Limestone — 38.21°N, 84.89°WLexington Limestone — 38.35°N, 84.86°WLexington Limestone — 37.84°N, 84.59°WLexington Limestone — 37.90°N, 84.26°WLexington Limestone — 37.68°N, 84.76°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.84°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WDecorah Shale — 44.95°N, 93.10°WDecorah Shale — 42.50°N, 91.25°WCarters — 35.80°N, 86.20°WCarters — 35.81°N, 86.13°WCarters — 36.14°N, 86.38°WCarters — 35.86°N, 86.59°WCarters — 36.19°N, 85.95°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.56°WBenbolt — 37.11°N, 81.52°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.34°WBenbolt — 37.27°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.08°N, 81.71°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.67°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.00°WLebanon — 36.14°N, 86.38°WLebanon — 35.47°N, 86.80°WLebanon — 35.81°N, 86.12°WLebanon — 35.81°N, 86.18°WLebanon — 36.04°N, 86.35°WMingan — 50.20°N, 63.67°WMingan — 50.20°N, 63.35°WMingan — 50.21°N, 64.13°WValcour — 44.61°N, 73.41°WValcour — 44.30°N, 73.31°WValcour — 44.89°N, 73.44°WValcour — 44.87°N, 73.46°WValcour — 44.86°N, 73.33°WDay Point — 44.61°N, 73.41°WDay Point — 44.87°N, 73.46°WCrown Point — 44.61°N, 73.41°WCrown Point — 44.87°N, 73.45°WCrown Point — 44.88°N, 73.44°WCrown Point — 43.95°N, 73.44°WWitten Limestone — 37.11°N, 81.52°WWitten Limestone — 37.00°N, 81.00°WWitten Limestone — 37.02°N, 81.63°WWitten Limestone — 37.03°N, 81.79°WWitten Limestone — 37.10°N, 81.62°WCatheys — 35.82°N, 86.83°WCatheys — 36.45°N, 85.58°WCatheys — 35.19°N, 86.91°WCatheys — 35.17°N, 87.04°WFossil Hill Limestone — 34.00°S, 149.00°EFossil Hill Limestone — 34.00°S, 148.00°EBenjamin Limestone — 42.00°S, 146.00°ELebanon Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WHermitage — 35.50°N, 86.50°WHermitage — 35.81°N, 86.12°WHermitage — 36.29°N, 85.99°WHolston — 35.92°N, 83.97°WHolston — 35.87°N, 84.07°WVerulam — 44.75°N, 79.33°WVerulam — 44.52°N, 78.97°WVerulam — 44.43°N, 78.78°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WBobcaygeon — 44.56°N, 78.98°WBobcaygeon — 44.53°N, 78.55°WPlatteville — 43.00°N, 91.16°WPlatteville — 43.30°N, 91.78°WBoda Limestone — 61.00°N, 15.00°EUllerntangen — 60.00°N, 10.00°E

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The named rock units Stictopora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 55 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 59 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Stictopora and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Stictopora and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,346 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 332 sites for Stictopora, 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

61 references

Each of the 372 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. 49 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 Stictopora

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

No 3D scan of Stictopora 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. Hall 1847