Tropidoleptus

Tropidoleptus

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 30 million years on record.

The record covers at least 413.02 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 419.62 Mya to 358.86 Mya.

Silurian — about 0 of 446 occurrencesDevonian — about 446 of 446 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 446 occurrences421–419 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences419–417 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences417–415 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences415–412 Mya — about 1 occurrence412–410 Mya — about 3 occurrences410–408 Mya — about 2 occurrences408–406 Mya — about 2 occurrences406–404 Mya — about 2 occurrences404–402 Mya — about 2 occurrences402–400 Mya — about 2 occurrences400–398 Mya — about 2 occurrences398–396 Mya — about 1 occurrence396–393 Mya — about 2 occurrences393–391 Mya — about 12 occurrences391–389 Mya — about 12 occurrences389–387 Mya — about 61 occurrences387–385 Mya — about 139 occurrences385–383 Mya — about 140 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 45 occurrences381–379 Mya — about 5 occurrences379–377 Mya — about 4 occurrences377–374 Mya — about 4 occurrences374–372 Mya — about 4 occurrences372–370 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences370–368 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences368–366 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences366–364 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences364–362 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences362–360 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences360–358 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences413.02 Mya382.31 Mya421 Mya358 Mya

446 occurrences of Tropidoleptus 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

446 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

40 formations

Moscow — 42.78°N, 77.89°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.70°WMoscow — 42.56°N, 74.58°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 74.54°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.73°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 76.34°WMoscow — 42.79°N, 76.15°WMoscow — 42.80°N, 76.09°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.99°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.66°N, 75.38°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 75.18°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 75.57°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 75.48°WMoscow — 42.62°N, 75.33°WMoscow — 42.65°N, 75.19°WMoscow — 42.58°N, 75.06°WMoscow — 42.60°N, 74.95°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.96°WMoscow — 42.55°N, 74.82°WMoscow — 42.52°N, 74.86°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 74.75°WMoscow — 42.43°N, 74.49°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.15°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.83°WMoscow — 42.47°N, 74.48°WGeneseo — 42.33°N, 74.45°WGeneseo — 42.67°N, 75.59°WGeneseo — 42.44°N, 74.54°WGeneseo — 42.61°N, 75.30°WGeneseo — 42.61°N, 74.30°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.42°WGeneseo — 42.60°N, 75.01°WGeneseo — 42.54°N, 74.81°WGeneseo — 42.56°N, 74.85°WGeneseo — 42.48°N, 74.61°WGeneseo — 42.38°N, 74.43°WGeneseo — 42.54°N, 75.21°WGeneseo — 42.62°N, 75.37°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.86°WGeneseo — 42.51°N, 74.68°WGeneseo — 42.52°N, 75.01°WGeneseo — 42.51°N, 75.05°WGeneseo — 42.60°N, 75.52°WGeneseo — 45.65°N, 75.39°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 75.77°WGeneseo — 42.53°N, 74.87°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 78.65°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.84°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.90°N, 78.22°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 77.90°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 76.50°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.18°WLudlowville — 42.95°N, 76.02°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.00°WLudlowville — 42.77°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.75°N, 76.77°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.51°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.75°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.33°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.14°WLudlowville — 42.82°N, 75.53°WLudlowville — 42.79°N, 75.56°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 75.71°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.25°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 75.89°WLudlowville — 42.74°N, 75.54°WSkaneateles — 42.92°N, 76.21°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 75.60°WSkaneateles — 42.94°N, 76.25°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.14°WSkaneateles — 42.93°N, 75.99°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.89°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.52°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.37°WSkaneateles — 42.79°N, 75.27°WSkaneateles — 42.82°N, 75.10°WSkaneateles — 42.76°N, 74.91°WSkaneateles — 42.87°N, 77.87°WSkaneateles — 42.98°N, 76.34°WSkaneateles — 42.98°N, 76.09°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 77.25°WMahantango — 40.05°N, 77.52°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 76.92°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.00°WMahantango — 39.25°N, 78.86°WTully — 42.66°N, 75.38°WTully — 42.79°N, 75.80°WTully — 42.53°N, 76.53°WTully — 42.79°N, 76.15°WTully — 42.74°N, 75.88°WTully — 42.76°N, 75.73°WTully — 42.53°N, 75.09°WTully — 42.61°N, 74.98°WTully — 42.54°N, 74.81°WTully — 42.52°N, 74.86°WTully — 42.43°N, 74.50°WTully — 42.53°N, 76.59°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 42.33°N, 83.03°WGlen Aubrey — 42.29°N, 75.92°WGlen Aubrey — 42.16°N, 75.83°WGlen Aubrey — 42.38°N, 75.58°WGlen Aubrey — 42.17°N, 75.88°WGlen Aubrey — 42.26°N, 75.98°WGlen Aubrey — 42.46°N, 76.10°WGlen Aubrey — 42.37°N, 76.35°WIdri — 27.50°N, 13.50°EIdri — 27.40°N, 13.20°EIdri — 27.40°N, 13.10°EIdri — 27.50°N, 13.10°ECano del Oeste — 10.50°N, 72.50°WJaycox — 42.89°N, 77.70°WJaycox — 42.82°N, 77.29°WJaycox — 42.76°N, 76.97°WSica Sica — 17.08°S, 68.00°WSica Sica — 17.00°S, 68.00°WSica Sica — 16.00°S, 69.00°WPimenteira — 7.40°S, 41.52°WPimenteira — 7.08°S, 41.65°WPimenteira — 6.25°S, 41.52°WMaecuru — 0.50°S, 52.00°WMaecuru — 2.00°S, 54.00°WMaecuru — 1.00°S, 55.00°WAouinet Ouenine II — 28.08°N, 13.00°EBelen — 17.08°S, 68.00°WHuamampampa — 19.17°S, 64.92°WOatka — 42.60°N, 74.33°WGilboa — 42.53°N, 76.59°WZorritas — 24.58°S, 68.58°WBeers Hill equivalent — 42.70°N, 74.93°WMeads Creek equivalent — 42.70°N, 74.93°WCockatoo — 15.50°S, 128.50°ETriangle — 42.38°N, 75.58°W

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The named rock units Tropidoleptus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 27 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Tropidoleptus and its relatives

Devonian

Where Tropidoleptus and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

675 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 345 sites for Tropidoleptus, 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

45 references

Each of the 446 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. 33 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 Tropidoleptus

Source
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Credit
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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itTropidoleptidae through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.