Acanthocladia

Acanthocladia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AcanthocladiinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Bryozoa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 76 million years on record.

The record covers at least 330.3 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 219 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 9 of 219 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 210 of 219 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 219 occurrences361–357 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences357–354 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences350–346 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences346–342 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences339–335 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences335–331 Mya — about 2 occurrences331–328 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences328–324 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences324–320 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences320–317 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences317–313 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences313–309 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences309–305 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences305–302 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences302–298 Mya — about 2 occurrences298–294 Mya — about 2 occurrences294–291 Mya — about 56 occurrences291–287 Mya — about 12 occurrences287–283 Mya — about 4 occurrences283–279 Mya — about 7 occurrences279–276 Mya — about 7 occurrences276–272 Mya — about 7 occurrences272–268 Mya — about 7 occurrences268–265 Mya — about 6 occurrences265–261 Mya — about 13 occurrences261–257 Mya — about 43 occurrences257–253 Mya — about 45 occurrences253–250 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences330.3 Mya254.14 Mya361 Mya250 Mya

219 occurrences of Acanthocladia on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

219 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

41 formations

Wreford — 39.06°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.47°N, 96.41°WWreford — 37.24°N, 96.61°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.23°WWreford — 38.70°N, 96.50°WWreford — 38.22°N, 96.43°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.75°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.57°WWreford — 37.81°N, 96.54°WWreford — 38.97°N, 96.86°WWreford — 38.14°N, 96.59°WWreford — 38.66°N, 96.27°WWreford — 38.36°N, 96.75°WWreford — 38.04°N, 96.42°WWreford — 37.31°N, 96.72°WWreford — 38.13°N, 96.54°WWreford — 37.62°N, 96.56°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.43°WWreford — 38.15°N, 96.56°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.13°WWreford — 39.84°N, 96.47°WWreford — 39.48°N, 96.07°WWreford — 38.40°N, 96.53°WWreford — 38.09°N, 96.39°WWreford — 38.18°N, 96.47°WWreford — 39.33°N, 96.52°WWreford — 38.41°N, 96.56°WWreford — 38.27°N, 96.38°WWreford — 39.69°N, 96.64°WWreford — 38.60°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.87°N, 96.24°WFord — 54.88°N, 1.38°WFord — 54.74°N, 1.27°WFord — 54.83°N, 1.37°WFord — 55.05°N, 1.44°WFord — 54.76°N, 1.29°WNaujoji Akmené — 55.20°N, 22.20°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.17°N, 21.87°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.67°N, 21.75°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.98°N, 22.25°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.93°N, 23.28°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.25°N, 22.27°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.25°N, 22.53°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.25°N, 22.65°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.40°N, 23.25°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.77°N, 23.65°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.25°N, 25.62°EZechstein — 54.32°N, 14.07°EZechstein — 51.40°N, 10.75°EZechstein — 50.69°N, 11.56°EZechstein — 50.91°N, 10.42°EZechstein — 50.90°N, 12.05°ECathedral Mountain — 30.25°N, 103.37°WCathedral Mountain — 30.30°N, 103.30°WCathedral Mountain — 30.39°N, 103.16°WCathedral Mountain — 30.41°N, 103.12°WBell Canyon — 31.90°N, 104.82°WZechstein — 51.17°N, 15.79°EZechstein — 51.20°N, 15.10°EZechstein — 51.08°N, 15.99°ECapitan — 32.19°N, 104.36°WCapitan — 31.87°N, 104.90°WNaujoji Akmene — 56.17°N, 21.87°ENaujoji Akmene — 54.40°N, 23.25°ENaujoji Akmene — 54.25°N, 25.62°ENaujoji Akmene — 55.98°N, 22.25°ERoad Canyon — 30.22°N, 103.44°WRoad Canyon — 30.37°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.34°N, 103.25°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WDelaware Mountain — 31.37°N, 104.56°WDelaware Mountain — 31.29°N, 104.54°WDelaware Mountain — 31.60°N, 104.75°WSkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.43°WNaujoji Akmene — 54.42°N, 22.17°ENaujoji Akmene — 54.42°N, 22.00°ESecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WRat Buri — 7.38°N, 99.29°ERat Buri — 13.53°N, 99.70°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.42°N, 22.17°EWargal — 33.00°N, 72.00°EWargal — 32.40°N, 72.25°EEpiskopi — 37.31°N, 23.42°EEpiskopi — 37.33°N, 23.46°EWerrakarbonat — 51.57°N, 10.52°EWerrakarbonat — 50.67°N, 11.55°EZewan — 33.97°N, 75.00°EZewan — 34.09°N, 74.98°EGreat Bear Cape — 77.36°N, 87.61°WWord — 30.40°N, 103.20°WNordenskioldbreen — 78.39°N, 17.07°EWewoka — 35.04°N, 96.36°W

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The named rock units Acanthocladia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 17 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 13 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Acanthocladia and its relatives

Permian

Where Acanthocladia and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,165 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 193 sites for Acanthocladia, 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

49 references

Each of the 219 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. 37 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 Acanthocladia

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Licence
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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Acanthocladia 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. King 1849