Zaphrentidae

Zaphrentidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CyathophyllinaPBDB
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 183 million years on record.

The record covers at least 443.1 Mya to 259.857 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Ordovician — about 4 of 337 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 42 of 337 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 230 of 337 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 41 of 337 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 19 of 337 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 337 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 337 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 337 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 337 occurrences477–467 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences467–458 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences458–449 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences449–439 Mya — about 13 occurrences439–430 Mya — about 21 occurrences430–421 Mya — about 10 occurrences421–411 Mya — about 3 occurrences411–402 Mya — about 11 occurrences402–392 Mya — about 21 occurrences392–383 Mya — about 160 occurrences383–374 Mya — about 29 occurrences374–364 Mya — about 4 occurrences364–355 Mya — about 6 occurrences355–346 Mya — about 9 occurrences346–336 Mya — about 16 occurrences336–327 Mya — about 5 occurrences327–318 Mya — about 4 occurrences318–308 Mya — about 2 occurrences308–299 Mya — about 4 occurrences299–290 Mya — about 4 occurrences290–280 Mya — about 2 occurrences280–271 Mya — about 3 occurrences271–261 Mya — about 7 occurrences261–252 Mya — about 3 occurrences252–243 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences243–233 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences233–224 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences224–215 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences215–205 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences205–196 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences443.1 Mya259.857 Mya477 Mya196 Mya

337 occurrences of Zaphrentidae 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

337 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

96 formations

Ludlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.88°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.35°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.37°WLudlowville — 42.77°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 76.47°WOnondaga — 40.60°N, 77.57°WOnondaga — 43.01°N, 78.01°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 74.67°WSkaneateles — 42.94°N, 76.25°WSkaneateles — 42.92°N, 76.21°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.14°WSkaneateles — 42.93°N, 75.99°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.89°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.58°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.52°WMoscow — 42.71°N, 78.94°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 77.90°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.15°WMoscow — 42.90°N, 78.04°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.83°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.57°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.33°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 41.12°N, 84.85°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.50°N, 85.75°WBeechwood Limestone — 38.26°N, 85.63°WReynales — 43.21°N, 78.51°WReynales — 43.17°N, 77.63°WReynales — 43.21°N, 77.52°WReynales — 43.23°N, 77.33°WReynales — 43.26°N, 77.16°WReynales — 43.26°N, 77.06°WReynales — 43.25°N, 77.02°WPortilla — 42.85°N, 1.84°EPortilla — 42.83°N, 5.65°WPortilla — 42.88°N, 5.12°EPortilla — 42.83°N, 1.57°EPortilla — 42.83°N, 5.10°WJaycox — 42.88°N, 78.02°WJaycox — 42.85°N, 77.83°WJaycox — 42.89°N, 77.70°WJaycox — 42.82°N, 77.29°WVaughn Gulch — 36.82°N, 118.08°WVaughn Gulch — 36.90°N, 118.07°WGydo — 33.30°S, 21.83°EGydo — 33.52°S, 24.74°EGydo — 33.33°S, 19.37°EGydo — 33.31°S, 22.43°ERochester — 43.23°N, 77.21°WRochester — 43.23°N, 76.98°WRochester — 43.19°N, 76.91°WLime Creek — 43.05°N, 92.96°WLime Creek — 42.02°N, 93.45°WAmherstburg — 43.98°N, 81.28°WCauldon Low Conglomerate — 53.03°N, 1.88°WWeaver Beds — 52.80°N, 2.10°WWaterhouses Limestone — 53.03°N, 1.87°WWaterhouses Limestone — 52.80°N, 2.10°WRacine — 43.04°N, 87.91°WRacine — 43.01°N, 88.38°WWolcott — 43.23°N, 77.21°WWolcott — 43.24°N, 76.80°WWolcott — 43.14°N, 75.58°WChapin — 42.84°N, 93.23°WCelechovice Limestone — 49.57°N, 17.25°EMoniello — 43.58°N, 5.97°WMoniello — 43.63°N, 2.11°EOnondaga — 42.90°N, 79.30°W

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The named rock units Zaphrentidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 72 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 60 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Zaphrentidae and its relatives

Devonian

Where Zaphrentidae and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

1,699 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 260 sites for Zaphrentidae, 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

102 references

Each of the 337 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. 90 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 Zaphrentidae

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No 3D scan of Zaphrentidae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

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. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850