Torynifer

Torynifer

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ToryniferinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spiriferida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Spiriferida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Spiriferida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 75 million years on record.

The record covers at least 358.86 Mya to 283.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 372.15 Mya to 274.4 Mya.

Devonian — about 7 of 145 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 136 of 145 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 2 of 145 occurrencesPermian374–371 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences371–367 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences367–364 Mya — about 2 occurrences364–361 Mya — about 3 occurrences361–357 Mya — about 6 occurrences357–354 Mya — about 9 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 10 occurrences350–347 Mya — about 12 occurrences347–344 Mya — about 13 occurrences344–340 Mya — about 14 occurrences340–337 Mya — about 8 occurrences337–333 Mya — about 21 occurrences333–330 Mya — about 25 occurrences330–327 Mya — about 13 occurrences327–323 Mya — about 5 occurrences323–320 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences320–316 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences316–313 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences313–310 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences310–306 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences306–303 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences303–300 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences300–296 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences286–283 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences283–279 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences279–276 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences276–272 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences358.86 Mya283.3 Mya374 Mya272 Mya

145 occurrences of Torynifer on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

145 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

43 formations

Bangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WBanff — 53.08°N, 118.06°WBanff — 52.08°N, 116.43°WBanff — 53.03°N, 118.08°WBanff — 51.25°N, 115.47°WBanff — 51.05°N, 115.23°WSalem Limestone — 37.31°N, 85.44°WSalem Limestone — 37.79°N, 85.82°WSalem Limestone — 37.26°N, 85.34°WSalem Limestone — 37.19°N, 85.37°WSalem Limestone — 37.55°N, 85.70°WSalem Limestone — 37.05°N, 85.05°WSalem Limestone — 38.06°N, 85.98°WSalem Limestone — 38.03°N, 86.03°WEdwardsville — 39.50°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.75°N, 86.67°WEdwardsville — 39.00°N, 86.33°WGolconda — 39.08°N, 86.82°WGolconda — 38.66°N, 86.73°WGolconda — 38.22°N, 86.53°WGolconda — 38.21°N, 86.43°WGolconda — 37.99°N, 86.56°WGolconda — 37.93°N, 86.54°WRamp Creek — 39.33°N, 86.67°WRamp Creek — 39.33°N, 86.50°WRamp Creek — 38.90°N, 86.35°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.70°N, 86.81°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.50°N, 86.72°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.40°N, 86.59°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.17°N, 86.57°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.10°N, 86.56°WPitkin — 35.75°N, 95.20°WPitkin — 35.76°N, 94.81°WMuldraugh — 40.04°N, 86.87°WHindsville — 36.30°N, 93.23°WAlan Mountain Limestone — 47.42°N, 105.59°WBrazer Dolomite — 40.16°N, 110.40°WLodgepole — 43.83°N, 111.75°WBesa River — 61.10°N, 123.98°WAmsden — 42.64°N, 108.71°WAmsden — 43.66°N, 109.60°WHarrodsburg Limestone — 39.33°N, 86.67°WHarrodsburg Limestone — 38.92°N, 86.58°WPrice — 36.75°N, 82.25°WBaird — 40.75°N, 122.30°WPilton Shales — 51.08°N, 4.05°WTin Mountain — 36.54°N, 117.04°WTin Mountain — 36.39°N, 117.43°WTererro — 35.59°N, 105.22°WCastle Reef Dolomite — 47.42°N, 105.59°WFlett — 63.88°N, 127.75°WFort Payne Chert — 36.92°N, 84.96°W

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The named rock units Torynifer has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 19 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 9 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Torynifer and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Torynifer and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

841 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 138 sites for Torynifer, 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

46 references

Each of the 145 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. 34 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 Torynifer

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

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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What may have been alongside itToryniferinae through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.