Walliserodus bicostatus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
WalliserodusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Conodonta
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Conodonta
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Conodonta
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Conodonta

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 438.6 Mya to 425 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 440.5 Mya to 422.7 Mya.

Silurian — about 4 of 4 occurrencesSilurian441–440 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences440–440 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences440–439 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences439–438 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences431–430 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences430–430 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences430–429 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences429–428 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences428–428 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences428–427 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences427–427 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences425–425 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences425–424 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences424–423 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences423–423 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences423–422 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences438.6 Mya425 Mya441 Mya422.2 Mya

4 occurrences of Walliserodus bicostatus on record, most of them in the Silurian. 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

4 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

Bainbridge — 37.83°N, 89.88°WKap Morton — 81.18°N, 63.40°WCape Schuchert — 80.82°N, 65.08°W

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The named rock units Walliserodus bicostatus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Walliserodus bicostatus and its relatives

Silurian

Where Walliserodus bicostatus and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Walliserodus bicostatus, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 4 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. 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

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No picture of Walliserodus bicostatus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Walliserodus bicostatus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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. (Branson and Mehl 1933)