Auloporidae

Auloporidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AuloporoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Auloporida
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Auloporida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Auloporida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa

Time the record covers

At least 197 million years on record.

The record covers at least 457.2 Mya to 259.857 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 458.2 Mya to 254.14 Mya.

Ordovician — about 19 of 389 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 61 of 389 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 270 of 389 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 29 of 389 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 10 of 389 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 389 occurrences462–455 Mya — about 6 occurrences455–448 Mya — about 13 occurrences448–441 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences441–434 Mya — about 10 occurrences434–427 Mya — about 19 occurrences427–420 Mya — about 30 occurrences420–413 Mya — about 19 occurrences413–406 Mya — about 15 occurrences406–399 Mya — about 9 occurrences399–392 Mya — about 22 occurrences392–384 Mya — about 105 occurrences384–377 Mya — about 72 occurrences377–370 Mya — about 25 occurrences370–363 Mya — about 2 occurrences363–356 Mya — about 6 occurrences356–349 Mya — about 10 occurrences349–342 Mya — about 3 occurrences342–335 Mya — about 3 occurrences335–328 Mya — about 3 occurrences328–321 Mya — about 1 occurrence321–314 Mya — about 2 occurrences314–307 Mya — about 2 occurrences307–300 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences300–293 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences293–285 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences285–278 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences278–271 Mya — about 1 occurrence271–264 Mya — about 6 occurrences264–257 Mya — about 2 occurrences257–250 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences457.2 Mya259.857 Mya462 Mya250 Mya

389 occurrences of Auloporidae 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

389 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

157 formations

Silica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 42.33°N, 83.03°WSilica — 41.12°N, 84.85°WGeneseo — 42.67°N, 75.59°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 76.17°WGeneseo — 42.61°N, 75.30°WGeneseo — 42.54°N, 75.21°WGeneseo — 42.62°N, 75.37°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.86°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.84°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.77°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.74°N, 75.54°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WMartin — 34.75°N, 112.11°WMartin — 34.75°N, 112.13°WMartin — 34.88°N, 112.07°WMartin — 34.45°N, 111.84°WTin Mountain — 36.35°N, 116.53°WTin Mountain — 36.54°N, 117.04°WTin Mountain — 36.76°N, 117.48°WTin Mountain — 36.39°N, 117.43°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 74.54°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 75.18°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.70°WDawson Bay — 52.89°N, 101.06°WDawson Bay — 51.65°N, 99.81°WDawson Bay — 53.00°N, 101.00°WDawson Bay — 52.88°N, 101.05°WDawson Bay — 51.57°N, 99.78°WMount Ida — 36.77°S, 144.77°ESadler Limestone — 18.00°S, 125.50°ETully — 42.83°N, 75.78°WTully — 42.53°N, 76.53°WTully — 42.53°N, 74.81°WHemse Beds — 57.28°N, 18.32°EHemse Beds — 57.37°N, 18.69°EHemse Beds — 57.23°N, 18.37°ETabberabbera — 37.78°S, 147.39°EAisemont — 50.58°N, 5.65°EAisemont — 50.57°N, 5.33°EJeffersonville Limestone — 38.50°N, 85.75°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.25°N, 85.77°WCoopers Creek Limestone — 38.15°S, 146.47°ELodgepole — 46.96°N, 110.49°WLodgepole — 43.83°N, 111.75°WPillara — 17.50°S, 125.00°EPillara — 18.22°S, 126.13°EIhmert — 51.26°N, 7.65°EBlacourt — 50.83°N, 1.77°EFerques — 50.83°N, 1.77°EAnderken — 43.88°N, 75.55°EAnderken — 45.08°N, 73.38°ELouisville Limestone — 38.26°N, 85.63°WEke Beds — 57.17°N, 18.38°E

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The named rock units Auloporidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 133 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 45 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Auloporidae and its relatives

Devonian

Where Auloporidae and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

2,539 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 315 sites for Auloporidae, 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

158 references

Each of the 389 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. 146 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 Auloporidae

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
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 itAuloporoidea through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

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