Stylophyllopsis polyactis

Stylophyllopsis polyactis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StylophyllopsisPBDB
Diet
photosymbiotic, suspension feederPBDB, for Stylophyllidae
Life habit
epifaunal, colonial, clonalPBDB, for Stylophyllidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stylophyllidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Stylophyllidae

Time the record covers

At most 26 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 227.3 Mya and 201.4 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Late Triassic — about 6 of 6 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 6 occurrences228–227 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences227–226 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences226–225 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences225–224 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences224–223 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences223–222 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences222–222 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences222–221 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences221–220 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences220–219 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences219–218 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences218–217 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences217–216 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences216–215 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences215–214 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences214–213 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences213–213 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences213–212 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences212–211 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences211–210 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences210–209 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences209–208 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences208–207 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences207–206 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences206–205 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences205–204 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences204–204 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences204–203 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences203–202 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences202–201 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences227.8 Mya200.9 Mya

6 occurrences of Stylophyllopsis polyactis on record, most of them in the Late Triassic. 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

6 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

3 formations

Zlambach — 47.62°N, 13.73°EZlambach — 47.50°N, 13.50°EZlambach — 47.55°N, 13.65°EDachstein — 47.50°N, 13.50°EFatra — 49.10°N, 18.92°E

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The named rock units Stylophyllopsis polyactis 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.

Stylophyllopsis polyactis and its relatives

Late Triassic

Where Stylophyllopsis polyactis and its relatives were recorded in the Late Triassic.

Found in the same rock

237 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 6 sites for Stylophyllopsis polyactis, 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

4 references

Each of the 6 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Stylophyllopsis polyactis

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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Frech 1890