Zygospira

Zygospira

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AnazyginaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 17 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 440.8 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 432.9 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 1004 occurrencesOrdovician — about 994 of 1004 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 10 of 1004 occurrencesSilurian488–486 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences486–484 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences484–482 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences482–480 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences480–479 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences479–477 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences477–475 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences475–473 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 1 occurrence469–467 Mya — about 1 occurrence467–465 Mya — about 1 occurrence465–464 Mya — about 1 occurrence464–462 Mya — about 1 occurrence462–460 Mya — about 1 occurrence460–458 Mya — about 5 occurrences458–456 Mya — about 73 occurrences456–454 Mya — about 93 occurrences454–452 Mya — about 125 occurrences452–451 Mya — about 183 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 306 occurrences449–447 Mya — about 105 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 78 occurrences445–443 Mya — about 17 occurrences443–441 Mya — about 4 occurrences441–439 Mya — about 2 occurrences439–437 Mya — about 1 occurrence437–436 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences436–434 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences434–432 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences458.2 Mya440.8 Mya488 Mya432 Mya

1,004 occurrences of Zygospira on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

1,004 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

112 formations

Lexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.77°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington Limestone — 38.22°N, 84.86°WLexington Limestone — 38.31°N, 84.85°WLexington Limestone — 37.98°N, 84.42°WLexington Limestone — 37.97°N, 84.21°WLexington Limestone — 37.94°N, 84.14°WLexington Limestone — 37.90°N, 84.27°WLexington Limestone — 38.35°N, 84.86°WLexington Limestone — 37.84°N, 84.59°WLexington Limestone — 37.68°N, 84.76°WLexington Limestone — 37.84°N, 84.46°WLexington Limestone — 37.64°N, 84.66°WLexington Limestone — 37.89°N, 84.51°WLexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.95°WMartinsburg — 36.95°N, 81.08°WMartinsburg — 38.93°N, 78.20°WMartinsburg — 38.51°N, 78.63°WMartinsburg — 40.48°N, 76.53°WMartinsburg — 36.90°N, 81.53°WMartinsburg — 37.35°N, 80.81°WMartinsburg — 37.38°N, 80.86°WKope — 38.87°N, 84.46°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WKope — 39.03°N, 84.51°WKope — 38.80°N, 84.16°WKope — 39.01°N, 84.45°WKope — 38.68°N, 83.79°WKope — 39.05°N, 84.39°WKope — 38.43°N, 83.99°WKope — 38.77°N, 84.10°WKope — 38.68°N, 84.04°WWaynesville — 39.45°N, 83.83°WWaynesville — 39.42°N, 85.01°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 38.00°N, 85.50°WWaynesville — 39.53°N, 84.08°WWaynesville — 39.58°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.36°N, 84.36°WWaynesville — 39.33°N, 84.07°WWaynesville — 38.77°N, 85.36°WWaynesville — 39.44°N, 84.20°WSunset — 39.43°N, 84.60°WSunset — 37.74°N, 84.25°WSunset — 39.33°N, 84.07°WSunset — 38.49°N, 83.76°WSunset — 39.34°N, 84.39°WSunset — 39.37°N, 84.39°WSunset — 39.54°N, 84.34°WSunset — 39.41°N, 84.50°WSunset — 39.13°N, 84.62°WSunset — 39.03°N, 83.85°WFairview — 39.00°N, 84.00°WFairview — 39.01°N, 84.45°WFairview — 39.03°N, 84.51°WFairview — 39.30°N, 84.40°WFairview — 38.68°N, 83.79°WFairview — 39.07°N, 84.51°WFairview — 39.13°N, 84.71°WFairview — 39.14°N, 84.42°WFairview — 39.36°N, 84.11°WClays Ferry — 38.00°N, 84.67°WClays Ferry — 38.31°N, 84.85°WClays Ferry — 37.88°N, 84.34°WClays Ferry — 37.59°N, 85.07°WCorryville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WCorryville — 39.43°N, 84.60°WCorryville — 39.17°N, 84.12°WCorryville — 39.30°N, 84.40°WCorryville — 38.68°N, 83.79°WCorryville — 39.33°N, 84.07°WCatheys — 35.17°N, 87.04°WCatheys — 35.87°N, 87.03°WCatheys — 35.62°N, 87.10°WCatheys — 36.29°N, 85.99°WCatheys — 35.82°N, 86.83°WCatheys — 36.32°N, 85.94°WCatheys — 36.35°N, 85.79°WCatheys — 35.19°N, 86.91°WCatheys — 36.37°N, 85.64°WCatheys — 36.37°N, 85.65°WOregonia — 39.44°N, 84.98°WOregonia — 39.34°N, 84.95°WOregonia — 39.48°N, 84.06°WOregonia — 39.22°N, 84.08°WOregonia — 39.54°N, 84.34°WOregonia — 39.13°N, 84.60°WOregonia — 39.33°N, 84.07°WOregonia — 38.58°N, 83.70°WOregonia — 39.03°N, 83.85°WMount Auburn — 39.00°N, 84.00°WMount Auburn — 39.43°N, 84.60°WMount Auburn — 38.87°N, 83.91°WMount Auburn — 39.33°N, 84.07°WMount Auburn — 39.41°N, 84.50°WBellevue — 38.87°N, 84.46°WBellevue — 39.00°N, 84.00°WBellevue — 39.03°N, 84.51°WBellevue — 39.17°N, 84.12°WBellevue — 39.30°N, 84.40°WBellevue — 38.68°N, 83.79°WTrenton — 36.70°N, 83.29°WWhitewater — 39.83°N, 84.89°WWhitewater — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWhitewater — 38.00°N, 85.50°WWhitewater — 39.49°N, 84.95°WWhitewater — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWhitewater — 39.48°N, 84.06°WWhitewater — 39.39°N, 83.93°WWhitewater — 37.75°N, 84.30°WWhitewater — 39.54°N, 84.75°WMiamitown — 39.12°N, 84.51°WMiamitown — 39.17°N, 84.58°WMiamitown — 39.30°N, 84.40°WGeorgian Bay — 45.75°N, 81.67°WGeorgian Bay — 43.67°N, 79.42°WGeorgian Bay — 45.92°N, 82.28°WGeorgian Bay — 45.75°N, 81.60°WGeorgian Bay — 45.74°N, 81.82°WGeorgian Bay — 45.93°N, 82.47°WCalloway Creek — 37.59°N, 85.07°WCalloway Creek — 37.46°N, 84.82°WCalloway Creek — 37.45°N, 84.84°WCalloway Creek — 37.59°N, 84.48°WCalloway Creek — 37.66°N, 85.17°WBigby-Cannon — 35.62°N, 87.10°WBigby-Cannon — 36.29°N, 86.00°WBigby-Cannon — 35.19°N, 86.87°WBigby-Cannon — 36.32°N, 85.94°WBigby-Cannon — 35.93°N, 86.85°WLebanon — 36.14°N, 86.38°WLebanon — 35.47°N, 86.80°WLebanon — 35.81°N, 86.12°WLebanon — 35.81°N, 86.18°WLebanon — 36.04°N, 86.35°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.81°N, 4.94°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.80°N, 4.99°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.81°N, 4.78°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.79°N, 4.54°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.75°N, 4.93°WLiberty — 39.42°N, 85.01°WLiberty — 39.00°N, 84.00°WLiberty — 38.20°N, 85.57°WLiberty — 39.49°N, 84.95°WLiberty — 39.48°N, 84.06°WLiberty — 38.78°N, 85.37°WHermitage — 36.21°N, 85.95°WHermitage — 35.80°N, 86.12°WHermitage — 36.12°N, 86.67°WHermitage — 36.29°N, 85.99°WWhittaker — 62.00°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 61.63°N, 125.73°WWhittaker — 61.72°N, 125.93°WWhittaker — 62.12°N, 126.68°WWhittaker — 62.50°N, 125.25°WVerulam — 44.75°N, 79.33°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.58°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.67°WVerulam — 44.53°N, 78.98°WVerulam — 44.02°N, 77.15°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 79.17°W

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The named rock units Zygospira has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 88 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 103 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Zygospira and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Zygospira and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,431 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 937 sites for Zygospira, 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

100 references

Each of the 1,004 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. 88 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 Zygospira

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Zygospira 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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What may have been alongside itAnazyginae through timeFormations of the OrdovicianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Hall 1862