Strophomenata

Strophomenata is an extinct class of brachiopods in the subphylum Rhynchonelliformea.

Strophomenata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RhynchonelliformeaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Vision
blindPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 294 million years on record.

The record covers at least 500.5 Mya to 205.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 504.5 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Cambrian — about 18 of 12000 occurrencesOrdovician — about 2492 of 12000 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 2637 of 12000 occurrencesDevonian — about 2795 of 12000 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 2891 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1166 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 1 of 12000 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrences511–500 Mya — about 1 occurrence500–490 Mya — about 12 occurrences490–479 Mya — about 28 occurrences479–469 Mya — about 143 occurrences469–458 Mya — about 272 occurrences458–448 Mya — about 1514 occurrences448–437 Mya — about 1540 occurrences437–427 Mya — about 1036 occurrences427–416 Mya — about 896 occurrences416–405 Mya — about 694 occurrences405–395 Mya — about 219 occurrences395–384 Mya — about 735 occurrences384–374 Mya — about 549 occurrences374–363 Mya — about 167 occurrences363–353 Mya — about 358 occurrences353–342 Mya — about 548 occurrences342–332 Mya — about 695 occurrences332–321 Mya — about 410 occurrences321–311 Mya — about 186 occurrences311–300 Mya — about 691 occurrences300–290 Mya — about 442 occurrences290–279 Mya — about 42 occurrences279–269 Mya — about 498 occurrences269–258 Mya — about 263 occurrences258–248 Mya — about 60 occurrences206–195 Mya — about 1 occurrence500.5 Mya205.7 Mya511 Mya195 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Strophomenata on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

12,000 occurrences read

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. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 837 formations

Ludlowville — 42.76°N, 78.65°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.88°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.94°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.90°N, 78.22°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 77.90°WLudlowville — 42.70°N, 76.75°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 76.50°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.35°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.22°WLudlowville — 42.95°N, 76.02°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.00°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.37°WForaker Limestone — 39.85°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.20°WForaker Limestone — 39.27°N, 96.44°WForaker Limestone — 39.17°N, 96.55°WForaker Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WForaker Limestone — 37.57°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 37.35°N, 96.48°WForaker Limestone — 39.92°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.37°N, 95.88°WForaker Limestone — 39.34°N, 96.05°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.40°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 38.91°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestone — 37.09°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 37.82°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 37.54°N, 96.48°WForaker Limestone — 38.72°N, 96.16°WForaker Limestone — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 39.91°N, 95.91°WForaker Limestone — 38.02°N, 96.28°WForaker Limestone — 37.25°N, 96.53°WForaker Limestone — 38.81°N, 96.08°WCherokee Shale — 37.60°N, 94.68°WCherokee Shale — 37.42°N, 94.79°WCherokee Shale — 37.35°N, 94.99°WCherokee Shale — 37.30°N, 94.95°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.99°WCherokee Shale — 37.23°N, 95.10°WCherokee Shale — 37.14°N, 95.10°WCherokee Shale — 37.54°N, 94.64°WCherokee Shale — 37.37°N, 94.86°WCherokee Shale — 37.58°N, 94.64°WCherokee Shale — 37.65°N, 94.71°WCherokee Shale — 37.33°N, 94.80°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.95°WCherokee Shale — 37.32°N, 94.68°WCherokee Shale — 39.49°N, 94.28°WCherokee Shale — 37.11°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.80°WCherokee Shale — 37.04°N, 95.13°WCherokee Shale — 37.04°N, 95.17°WWood Siding — 39.27°N, 96.42°WWood Siding — 39.05°N, 96.05°WWood Siding — 40.30°N, 95.64°WWood Siding — 39.94°N, 95.93°WWood Siding — 39.38°N, 95.23°WWood Siding — 39.41°N, 96.20°WWood Siding — 39.46°N, 95.75°WWood Siding — 39.25°N, 95.90°WWood Siding — 39.17°N, 96.13°WWood Siding — 38.75°N, 95.97°WWood Siding — 37.90°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 39.11°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 39.07°N, 96.08°WWood Siding — 38.03°N, 96.28°WWood Siding — 37.76°N, 96.40°WWood Siding — 38.20°N, 96.29°WWood Siding — 40.38°N, 95.66°WWood Siding — 39.91°N, 95.55°WWood Siding — 39.55°N, 96.25°WWood Siding — 39.50°N, 96.08°WWood Siding — 39.26°N, 96.25°WWood Siding — 39.14°N, 96.45°WWood Siding — 38.97°N, 96.00°WWood Siding — 37.60°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 37.54°N, 96.45°WWood Siding — 37.24°N, 96.53°WSkaneateles — 42.80°N, 76.69°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 76.47°WSkaneateles — 42.97°N, 76.44°WSkaneateles — 42.95°N, 76.43°WSkaneateles — 42.98°N, 76.34°WSkaneateles — 42.94°N, 76.25°WSkaneateles — 42.92°N, 76.21°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.14°WSkaneateles — 42.93°N, 75.99°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.89°WSkaneateles — 42.95°N, 75.88°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 75.60°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.58°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.52°WSkaneateles — 42.82°N, 75.40°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.37°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.18°WSkaneateles — 42.82°N, 75.10°WSkaneateles — 42.87°N, 77.88°WSkaneateles — 42.81°N, 76.81°WOnondaga — 40.48°N, 78.27°WOnondaga — 39.65°N, 78.76°WOnondaga — 40.48°N, 76.53°WOnondaga — 41.10°N, 77.50°WOnondaga — 40.60°N, 77.57°WOnondaga — 40.54°N, 77.70°WOnondaga — 39.26°N, 78.53°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.97°N, 76.14°WOnondaga — 42.18°N, 73.95°WOnondaga — 42.08°N, 73.97°WOnondaga — 42.26°N, 73.90°WOnondaga — 41.93°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 42.59°N, 74.93°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.04°WOnondaga — 42.55°N, 73.94°WOnondaga — 42.90°N, 76.02°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 75.61°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WForaker Limestome — 39.49°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 39.39°N, 96.41°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WForaker Limestome — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestome — 38.15°N, 96.32°WGraham — 33.02°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.00°N, 98.67°WGraham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 32.96°N, 98.76°WGraham — 31.50°N, 99.37°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 33.01°N, 98.52°WGraham — 31.49°N, 99.31°WGraham — 32.54°N, 98.87°WVerulam — 44.75°N, 79.33°WVerulam — 44.60°N, 78.97°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.58°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.67°WVerulam — 44.52°N, 78.97°WVerulam — 44.43°N, 78.78°WVerulam — 44.48°N, 78.95°WSecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WMuldraugh — 40.04°N, 86.87°WWhite Head — 48.83°N, 64.48°WWhite Head — 48.52°N, 64.22°WWhite Head — 48.47°N, 64.32°WWhite Head — 46.88°N, 60.35°WWhite Head — 48.58°N, 68.18°WWhite Head — 46.18°N, 59.82°WSaint-Cenere — 48.13°N, 0.78°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 77.25°WMahantango — 40.05°N, 77.52°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 76.92°WMahantango — 40.31°N, 77.09°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.00°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 76.92°WBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WJanesville Shale — 39.49°N, 96.27°WJanesville Shale — 39.07°N, 96.08°WJanesville Shale — 37.25°N, 96.52°WJanesville Shale — 39.38°N, 96.29°WJanesville Shale — 39.05°N, 96.22°WJanesville Shale — 38.31°N, 95.30°WJanesville Shale — 39.39°N, 96.19°WJanesville Shale — 39.28°N, 96.43°WJanesville Shale — 39.24°N, 96.18°WJanesville Shale — 39.15°N, 96.46°WJanesville Shale — 39.11°N, 96.45°WJanesville Shale — 38.93°N, 96.05°WJanesville Shale — 38.82°N, 96.05°WJanesville Shale — 38.67°N, 96.12°WJanesville Shale — 38.48°N, 96.28°WJanesville Shale — 38.37°N, 96.33°WJanesville Shale — 38.03°N, 96.28°WJanesville Shale — 37.56°N, 96.56°WJanesville Shale — 40.45°N, 95.98°WMotol — 50.08°N, 14.47°EMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°EMotol — 49.95°N, 12.93°EMotol — 50.05°N, 14.37°EMotol — 50.03°N, 14.32°EMotol — 49.97°N, 14.13°EMotol — 49.77°N, 13.25°EMotol — 50.00°N, 14.22°EHigh Tor Limestone — 51.63°N, 3.97°WHigh Tor Limestone — 51.50°N, 3.00°WWaterhouses Limestone — 53.08°N, 1.83°WWaterhouses Limestone — 53.03°N, 1.87°WWaterhouses Limestone — 52.80°N, 2.10°WSolvik — 59.92°N, 10.75°ESolvik — 60.17°N, 10.30°ESolvik — 59.83°N, 10.43°EWaterways — 58.00°N, 112.72°WBeattie — 38.86°N, 96.20°WBeattie — 39.24°N, 96.60°WBeattie — 39.39°N, 96.41°WBeattie — 39.10°N, 96.64°WBeattie — 39.91°N, 95.91°WBeattie — 38.81°N, 96.20°WBeattie — 39.56°N, 96.02°WBeattie — 39.44°N, 96.13°WBeattie — 39.42°N, 95.97°WBeattie — 39.06°N, 96.29°WBeattie — 38.96°N, 96.12°WBeattie — 38.53°N, 96.42°WBeattie — 38.05°N, 96.41°WBeattie — 37.53°N, 96.49°WBeattie — 37.37°N, 96.54°WBeattie — 37.10°N, 96.49°WYukiang — 22.88°N, 108.87°EYukiang — 22.70°N, 109.22°EFort Payne Chert — 36.92°N, 84.96°WFort Payne Chert — 36.54°N, 85.16°WFort Payne Chert — 36.72°N, 85.45°W

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The named rock units Strophomenata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 813 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,673 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

1,759 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 685 sites for Strophomenata, 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

at least 545 references

Each of the 12,000 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. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 533 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 content2

Picture of Strophomenata

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

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

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Williams et al 1996