Tabulophyllum

Tabulophyllum is an extinct genus of horn coral belonging to the order Stariidae and family Kyphophyllidae. Specimens have been found in Devonian beds in Australia North America, and most other major areas of Devonian outcrops. The genus was highly adaptable to a variety of substrates, including muddy, sandy, and firm substrates. The genus had a low-magnesium calcite skeleton and may have flourished in times of "calcite seas". There is evidence from fossil reefs in the Onate Formation of New Mexico, US that the genus favored the receptaculitid Sphaerospongia as a firm substrate for growth.

Tabulophyllum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
KyphophyllinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rugosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rugosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rugosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Rugosa

Time the record covers

At least 54 million years on record.

The record covers at least 419.62 Mya to 365.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 358.86 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 158 occurrencesSilurian — about 6 of 158 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 152 of 158 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 158 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences442–439 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences439–436 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences436–433 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences433–430 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences424–421 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences421–419 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences419–416 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences416–413 Mya — about 1 occurrence413–410 Mya — about 1 occurrence410–407 Mya — about 1 occurrence407–404 Mya — about 1 occurrence404–401 Mya — about 1 occurrence401–398 Mya — about 3 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 4 occurrences395–392 Mya — about 4 occurrences392–389 Mya — about 3 occurrences389–386 Mya — about 9 occurrences386–383 Mya — about 12 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 20 occurrences381–378 Mya — about 24 occurrences378–375 Mya — about 26 occurrences375–372 Mya — about 26 occurrences372–369 Mya — about 4 occurrences369–366 Mya — about 3 occurrences366–363 Mya — about 3 occurrences363–360 Mya — about 3 occurrences360–357 Mya — about 1 occurrence419.62 Mya365.2 Mya445 Mya357 Mya

158 occurrences of Tabulophyllum on record, most of them in the Devonian. 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

158 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

66 formations

Lime Creek — 42.02°N, 93.45°WLime Creek — 43.00°N, 93.00°WShanda Horizon — 54.28°N, 85.93°EShell Rock — 43.13°N, 93.00°WVaughn Gulch — 36.82°N, 118.08°WVaughn Gulch — 36.90°N, 118.07°WDawson Bay — 51.65°N, 99.81°WDawson Bay — 52.60°N, 104.95°WDawson Bay — 51.57°N, 99.78°WFerques — 50.83°N, 1.77°ERhinestreet — 42.01°N, 76.56°WRhinestreet — 42.05°N, 76.53°WRhinestreet — 42.02°N, 76.41°WTwin Falls — 61.00°N, 117.00°WMikkwa — 58.50°N, 115.00°WMikkwa — 58.39°N, 114.83°WGrands Breux — 50.19°N, 5.24°EMacocha — 49.23°N, 16.76°EMostyn Vale — 30.88°S, 150.47°EHay River — 61.00°N, 117.00°WGlubokaya — 55.52°N, 85.70°EGlubokaya — 55.17°N, 84.57°EHorn Plateau — 62.25°N, 119.25°WHorn Plateau — 62.17°N, 117.83°WVilemovice Limestone — 49.23°N, 16.76°EWaterways — 58.00°N, 112.72°WWaterways — 59.12°N, 112.57°WDonggangling — 24.98°N, 109.98°EDonggangling — 25.50°N, 110.25°EGardeau — 42.02°N, 76.72°WGardeau — 42.03°N, 76.64°WWadleigh Limestone — 55.52°N, 133.14°WWadleigh Limestone — 55.43°N, 133.10°WCandas — 43.47°N, 2.42°EPortilla — 42.83°N, 1.57°EMount Hawk — 52.00°N, 120.00°WSly Gap — 33.00°N, 107.00°W

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The named rock units Tabulophyllum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 42 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 19 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Tabulophyllum and its relatives

Devonian

Where Tabulophyllum and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

552 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 93 sites for Tabulophyllum, 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

52 references

Each of the 158 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. 40 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 Tabulophyllum

Credit
瑞丽江的河水
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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

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. Fenton and Fenton 1924