Batostoma

Batostoma

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TrematoporidaePBDB
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 38 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 438.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.4 Mya to 432.9 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 241 occurrencesOrdovician — about 240 of 241 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 1 of 241 occurrencesSilurian487–486 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences486–484 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences484–482 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences482–480 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences480–478 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences478–476 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 3 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 9 occurrences469–467 Mya — about 8 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 8 occurrences465–463 Mya — about 8 occurrences463–462 Mya — about 8 occurrences462–460 Mya — about 9 occurrences460–458 Mya — about 14 occurrences458–456 Mya — about 26 occurrences456–454 Mya — about 26 occurrences454–452 Mya — about 34 occurrences452–450 Mya — about 38 occurrences450–449 Mya — about 24 occurrences449–447 Mya — about 11 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 9 occurrences445–443 Mya — about 5 occurrences439–437 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences437–436 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences436–434 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences434–432 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences477.1 Mya438.6 Mya487 Mya432 Mya

241 occurrences of Batostoma 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

241 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

70 formations

Mingan — 50.20°N, 63.67°WMingan — 50.20°N, 63.35°WMingan — 50.20°N, 63.61°WMingan — 50.20°N, 63.30°WMingan — 50.21°N, 63.79°WValcour — 44.40°N, 73.42°WValcour — 44.64°N, 73.41°WValcour — 44.66°N, 73.35°WValcour — 44.64°N, 73.32°WValcour — 44.86°N, 73.33°WValcour — 44.87°N, 73.41°WValcour — 44.87°N, 73.46°WValcour — 43.97°N, 73.39°WWardell — 37.08°N, 81.55°WWardell — 37.10°N, 81.34°WWardell — 37.00°N, 81.00°WWardell — 37.02°N, 81.73°WWardell — 37.03°N, 81.79°WWardell — 37.06°N, 81.75°WPierce Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WBohdalec — 50.00°N, 14.00°EBromide — 34.00°N, 97.00°WBromide — 34.48°N, 96.97°WWaynesville — 39.08°N, 85.25°WWaynesville — 41.00°N, 86.69°WCrown Point — 44.87°N, 73.33°WCrown Point — 44.67°N, 73.32°WCrown Point — 44.87°N, 73.45°WCrown Point — 44.87°N, 73.41°WHolston — 35.92°N, 83.97°WHolston — 35.87°N, 84.07°WHolston — 36.33°N, 83.17°WDay Point — 44.60°N, 73.40°WDay Point — 44.85°N, 73.33°WDay Point — 44.63°N, 73.49°WDay Point — 44.84°N, 73.36°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WFossil Hill Limestone — 33.00°S, 149.00°EFossil Hill Limestone — 34.00°S, 148.00°EZahorany — 50.00°N, 14.00°ECatheys — 35.50°N, 86.50°WGuttenberg — 42.50°N, 91.25°WVerulam — 44.60°N, 78.97°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.67°WVerulam — 44.43°N, 78.78°WLindsay — 45.50°N, 81.00°WLindsay — 44.58°N, 78.98°WLoka — 58.57°N, 15.07°ELoka — 61.07°N, 15.17°EVasalemma — 59.28°N, 24.65°EWhitewater — 39.42°N, 85.01°WWhitewater — 39.00°N, 84.00°WLebanon Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WCummingsville — 44.00°N, 92.45°WCummingsville — 43.50°N, 91.50°WIon — 42.50°N, 91.25°WLaval — 45.40°N, 73.73°WLaval — 45.48°N, 73.90°W

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The named rock units Batostoma has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 46 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 60 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Batostoma and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Batostoma and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,573 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 169 sites for Batostoma, 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

63 references

Each of the 241 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. 51 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 content2

Picture of Batostoma

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access was 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. Ulrich 1882