Aulophyllum

Aulophyllum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AulophyllinaePBDB
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 41 million years on record.

The record covers at least 339.9 Mya to 298.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 346.7 Mya to 286 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 39 of 41 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 2 of 41 occurrencesPermian348–346 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences346–344 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences344–342 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences339–337 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences337–335 Mya — about 3 occurrences335–333 Mya — about 8 occurrences333–331 Mya — about 8 occurrences331–329 Mya — about 5 occurrences329–327 Mya — about 3 occurrences327–325 Mya — about 5 occurrences325–323 Mya — about 3 occurrences323–321 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences321–318 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences318–316 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences316–314 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences300–297 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences295–293 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences293–291 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences291–289 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences289–287 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences287–285 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences339.9 Mya298.9 Mya348 Mya285 Mya

41 occurrences of Aulophyllum on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

41 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

22 formations

Idmarrach — 33.53°N, 5.39°WIdmarrach — 33.43°N, 5.22°WStainmore — 54.93°N, 1.97°WStainmore — 55.00°N, 1.75°WSecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WMcCloud Limestone — 40.85°N, 122.26°WClogrenan — 52.68°N, 7.02°WAnhee — 50.45°N, 5.25°EGayle Shale — 54.30°N, 2.15°WGayle Limestone II — 54.30°N, 2.15°WGayle Limestone Cyclothem — 54.30°N, 2.15°WHardrow Scar Limestone III — 54.30°N, 2.15°WHardrow Scar Limestone III Cyclothem — 54.30°N, 2.15°WSimonstone Limestone IV — 54.30°N, 2.15°WSimonstone Limestone IV Cyclothem — 54.30°N, 2.15°WSimonstone Limestone IVa Cyclothem — 54.30°N, 2.15°WMiddle Limestone V — 54.30°N, 2.15°WMiddle Limestone Va Cyclothem — 54.30°N, 2.15°WFive Yard Limestone VI — 54.30°N, 2.15°WThree Yard Limestone VII — 54.30°N, 2.15°WUnderset Limestone VIII — 54.30°N, 2.15°WMain Limestone IX — 54.30°N, 2.15°WAlston — 54.80°N, 2.43°WTirhela — 33.44°N, 5.23°W

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The named rock units Aulophyllum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Aulophyllum and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Aulophyllum and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

223 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 26 sites for Aulophyllum, 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

11 references

Each of the 41 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

Media content1

Picture of Aulophyllum

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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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What may have been alongside itAulophyllinae through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850