Terebratulidae

Terebratulidae is a family of brachiopods with a fossil record dating back to the Late Devonian. It is subdivided into 11 subfamilies.

Terebratulidae

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 382 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 393.47 Mya to 0 Mya.

Devonian — about 1 of 1107 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 1107 occurrencesPermian — about 3 of 1107 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 2 of 1107 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 30 of 1107 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 61 of 1107 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 84 of 1107 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 116 of 1107 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 118 of 1107 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 89 of 1107 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 50 of 1107 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 14 of 1107 occurrencesEocene — about 176 of 1107 occurrencesOligocene — about 32 of 1107 occurrencesMiocene — about 159 of 1107 occurrencesPliocene — about 87 of 1107 occurrencesPleistocene — about 84 of 1107 occurrences401–388 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences388–375 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences268–254 Mya — about 3 occurrences254–241 Mya — about 24 occurrences241–227 Mya — about 47 occurrences227–214 Mya — about 8 occurrences214–201 Mya — about 16 occurrences201–187 Mya — about 45 occurrences187–174 Mya — about 40 occurrences174–161 Mya — about 124 occurrences161–147 Mya — about 105 occurrences147–134 Mya — about 29 occurrences134–120 Mya — about 36 occurrences120–107 Mya — about 22 occurrences107–94 Mya — about 12 occurrences94–80 Mya — about 22 occurrences80–67 Mya — about 19 occurrences67–54 Mya — about 28 occurrences54–40 Mya — about 67 occurrences40–27 Mya — about 111 occurrences27–13 Mya — about 108 occurrences13–0 Mya — about 241 occurrences382.31 Mya11.7 ka401 Mya0 Mya

1,107 occurrences of Terebratulidae on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

1,107 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

189 formations

Tataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.33°N, 10.42°ETataouine — 32.57°N, 10.35°ETataouine — 32.15°N, 10.63°ETataouine — 32.62°N, 10.40°ETataouine — 32.92°N, 10.45°EWilson Bluff — 31.68°S, 129.00°EWilson Bluff — 32.07°S, 126.10°EWilson Bluff — 31.02°S, 126.08°EWilson Bluff — 32.04°S, 126.04°EWilson Bluff — 31.66°S, 128.49°EWilson Bluff — 31.72°S, 127.23°EWilson Bluff — 31.65°S, 127.02°EWilson Bluff — 32.27°S, 126.04°EWilson Bluff — 31.97°S, 125.92°EWilson Bluff — 31.65°S, 128.77°ESzoc Limestone — 46.98°N, 17.30°ESzoc Limestone — 46.99°N, 17.35°ESzoc Limestone — 47.01°N, 17.50°ESzoc Limestone — 47.08°N, 17.57°ESzoc Limestone — 47.10°N, 17.66°ESzoc Limestone — 47.20°N, 17.81°ESzoc Limestone — 47.24°N, 17.60°ECassian — 46.53°N, 11.92°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.65°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.47°N, 12.07°ECassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.51°N, 11.76°EHanifa — 23.90°N, 46.28°EHanifa — 23.50°N, 46.85°EHanifa — 23.08°N, 46.53°EHanifa — 22.40°N, 46.95°EHanifa — 24.52°N, 45.95°EHanifa — 24.95°N, 46.15°EHanifa — 25.17°N, 46.15°EHanifa — 25.63°N, 45.67°EHanifa — 26.03°N, 45.17°EHanifa — 26.33°N, 45.00°ECastle Hayne — 34.64°N, 77.65°WCastle Hayne — 34.29°N, 77.92°WCastle Hayne — 34.44°N, 77.89°WCastle Hayne — 35.05°N, 77.75°WCastle Hayne — 34.23°N, 77.94°WCastle Hayne — 34.37°N, 77.84°WCastle Hayne — 35.01°N, 77.57°WCastle Hayne — 34.31°N, 78.00°WCastle Hayne — 34.66°N, 77.73°WCastle Hayne — 34.12°N, 77.93°WLautaro — 29.01°S, 70.20°WLautaro — 29.11°S, 70.30°WLautaro — 29.36°S, 70.19°WLautaro — 29.47°S, 70.16°WLautaro — 29.44°S, 70.13°WLautaro — 28.20°S, 70.00°WLautaro — 28.04°S, 70.00°WLautaro — 28.14°S, 69.96°WLautaro — 28.21°S, 69.94°WLautaro — 28.15°S, 69.79°WLautaro — 27.99°S, 69.71°WLautaro — 27.70°S, 69.61°WLautaro — 27.89°S, 69.84°WDhruma — 24.80°N, 46.08°EDhruma — 24.20°N, 46.32°EDhruma — 22.04°N, 45.96°EDhruma — 24.83°N, 45.78°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.71°EDhruma — 24.60°N, 46.12°EDhruma — 24.83°N, 46.02°EDhruma — 25.39°N, 45.63°EDhruma — 25.50°N, 45.23°EDhruma — 25.04°N, 45.89°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.17°ECoralline Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°ECoralline Crag — 52.08°N, 1.50°ELa Meseta — 64.26°S, 56.68°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.64°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.68°WPinczow — 50.52°N, 20.53°EPinczow — 50.45°N, 20.80°EPinczow — 50.47°N, 20.67°EPinczow — 50.43°N, 20.80°EPinczow — 50.54°N, 21.54°EPinczow — 50.46°N, 20.55°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EGingin — 30.67°S, 115.80°EGingin — 31.35°S, 115.90°EGingin — 31.34°S, 115.90°EGingin — 30.69°S, 115.70°ENaha — 26.09°N, 127.68°ENaha — 26.21°N, 127.65°ENaha — 26.68°N, 127.97°ENaha — 26.31°N, 127.78°ENaha — 26.70°N, 127.94°ENaha — 26.36°N, 127.75°ENaha — 26.31°N, 127.90°EToolinna Limestone — 32.07°S, 126.10°EToolinna Limestone — 33.12°S, 124.02°EToolinna Limestone — 32.73°S, 125.03°EAbrakurrie Limestone — 31.72°S, 127.22°EAbrakurrie Limestone — 31.90°S, 127.02°EAbrakurrie Limestone — 31.77°S, 127.02°EAbrakurrie Limestone — 31.65°S, 127.02°EAbrakurrie Limestone — 32.73°S, 125.03°ERed Bluff Tuff — 44.00°S, 176.50°WRed Bluff Tuff — 44.30°S, 176.25°WRed Bluff Tuff — 43.83°S, 176.53°WRed Bluff Tuff — 43.67°S, 176.53°WCalcari Oolitici di S. Vigilio — 45.75°N, 11.13°EDoberg — 52.18°N, 8.60°EDoberg — 52.32°N, 8.15°ESillakudi — 11.07°N, 79.03°ETuwaiq Mountain — 24.73°N, 45.90°ETuwaiq Mountain — 25.08°N, 45.89°ETuwaiq Mountain — 22.50°N, 46.00°EKokoamu Greensand — 45.04°S, 171.00°EKokoamu Greensand — 44.88°S, 170.62°EKokoamu Greensand — 44.87°S, 170.72°EKokoamu Greensand — 44.66°S, 170.65°EWilson Bluff Limestone — 31.98°S, 127.03°EWilson Bluff Limestone — 31.68°S, 129.02°ERed Crag — 52.04°N, 1.28°ERed Crag — 52.05°N, 1.32°ERed Crag — 51.85°N, 1.27°E

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The named rock units Terebratulidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 165 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 533 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Terebratulidae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Terebratulidae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

2,785 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 831 sites for Terebratulidae, 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

268 references

Each of the 1,107 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. 256 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 Terebratulidae

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Terebratulidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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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What may have been alongside itTerebratuloidea through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gray 1840