Archaeocyathidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ArchaeocyathoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Archaeocyatha
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunalPBDB, for Archaeocyatha
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Archaeocyatha
Vision
blindPBDB, for Porifera

Time the record covers

At least 11 million years on record.

The record covers at least 521 Mya to 509.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 538.8 Mya to 505.3 Mya.

Cambrian — about 204 of 204 occurrencesCambrian539–538 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences538–537 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences537–536 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences536–535 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences535–534 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences534–533 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences533–531 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences531–530 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences530–529 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences529–528 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences528–527 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences527–526 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences526–524 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences524–523 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences523–522 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences522–521 Mya — about 1 occurrence521–520 Mya — about 8 occurrences520–519 Mya — about 10 occurrences519–517 Mya — about 10 occurrences517–516 Mya — about 10 occurrences516–515 Mya — about 27 occurrences515–514 Mya — about 30 occurrences514–513 Mya — about 30 occurrences513–512 Mya — about 24 occurrences512–510 Mya — about 17 occurrences510–509 Mya — about 17 occurrences509–508 Mya — about 16 occurrences508–507 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences507–506 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences506–505 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences521 Mya509.7 Mya539.5 Mya504.6 Mya

204 occurrences of Archaeocyathidae on record, most of them in the Cambrian. 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

204 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

44 formations

Puerto Blanco — 30.42°N, 111.93°WPuerto Blanco — 30.42°N, 111.97°WPuerto Blanco — 30.27°N, 112.03°WPuerto Blanco — 30.70°N, 112.27°WUsa — 56.00°N, 88.00°EUsa — 54.00°N, 90.75°EUsa — 54.23°N, 90.82°EPestrotsvet — 61.02°N, 126.15°EPestrotsvet — 61.03°N, 126.13°EPestrotsvet — 58.75°N, 128.00°EChekhan — 52.27°N, 89.00°EChekhan — 52.50°N, 89.33°EChekhan — 52.45°N, 89.10°ESekwi — 59.27°N, 129.18°WSekwi — 63.55°N, 129.25°WSekwi — 63.75°N, 128.80°WSekwi — 63.73°N, 129.05°WPoleta — 37.26°N, 118.16°WPoleta — 37.38°N, 117.27°WUpper Monok — 52.83°N, 90.25°EUpper Monok — 52.27°N, 89.00°EUpper Monok — 52.83°N, 90.43°EUpper Monok — 52.40°N, 89.07°EUpper Shangan — 51.40°N, 94.23°ESyys — 54.30°N, 90.75°EAjax Limestone — 30.58°S, 138.32°EAjax Limestone — 30.60°S, 138.35°EUyar — 54.60°N, 91.35°EBerikul — 56.00°N, 88.00°ETorgashino — 55.97°N, 92.92°EXiannudong — 32.50°N, 108.50°EShackleton — 82.00°S, 159.00°EShackleton — 80.75°S, 158.00°EScott Canyon — 40.60°N, 117.10°WParara — 34.43°S, 137.90°EDmitriyevskaya — 44.50°N, 132.63°ERosella — 58.28°N, 126.73°WRosella — 57.50°N, 126.23°WOraparinna Shale — 31.27°S, 138.93°EJianchang — 39.25°N, 121.70°EIrbitey — 50.95°N, 92.83°ECampito — 37.02°N, 117.96°WCampito — 37.32°N, 118.18°WHarkless — 37.52°N, 117.53°WHarkless — 37.35°N, 117.28°W

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The named rock units Archaeocyathidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 20 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 16 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Archaeocyathidae and its relatives

Cambrian

Where Archaeocyathidae and its relatives were recorded in the Cambrian.

Found in the same rock

367 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 53 sites for Archaeocyathidae, 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

39 references

Each of the 204 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. 27 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

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No picture of Archaeocyathidae 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 Archaeocyathidae, 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. Taylor 1910