Benthamaspis

No picture of Benthamaspis was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Benthamaspis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BathyurellinaePBDB
Diet
deposit feederPBDB, for Proetida
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Bathyuridae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 481.7 Mya to 468 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 488.9 Mya to 458.2 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 107 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 107 of 107 occurrencesOrdovician490–488 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences488–487 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences487–486 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences486–485 Mya — about 2 occurrences485–484 Mya — about 2 occurrences484–483 Mya — about 3 occurrences483–482 Mya — about 6 occurrences482–481 Mya — about 7 occurrences481–480 Mya — about 8 occurrences480–479 Mya — about 8 occurrences479–478 Mya — about 8 occurrences478–477 Mya — about 8 occurrences477–476 Mya — about 9 occurrences476–475 Mya — about 9 occurrences475–474 Mya — about 9 occurrences474–472 Mya — about 9 occurrences472–471 Mya — about 9 occurrences471–470 Mya — about 4 occurrences470–469 Mya — about 1 occurrence469–468 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences468–467 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences467–466 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences466–465 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences465–464 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences464–463 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences463–462 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences462–461 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences461–460 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences459–458 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences481.7 Mya468 Mya489.5 Mya457.6 Mya

107 occurrences of Benthamaspis 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

107 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

15 formations

Catoche — 48.55°N, 59.25°WCatoche — 50.73°N, 57.36°WCatoche — 51.59°N, 55.99°WCatoche — 51.63°N, 55.90°WCatoche — 50.73°N, 57.35°WCatoche — 48.54°N, 58.74°WCatoche — 50.73°N, 57.25°WCatoche — 50.36°N, 57.54°WCatoche — 50.88°N, 57.13°WCatoche — 50.76°N, 57.22°WCatoche — 50.77°N, 57.14°WCatoche — 51.60°N, 55.84°WKindblade — 34.37°N, 97.14°WKindblade — 34.97°N, 98.63°WBoat Harbour — 51.59°N, 55.99°WBoat Harbour — 48.54°N, 58.74°WBoat Harbour — 50.77°N, 57.14°WBoat Harbour — 50.70°N, 57.35°WBoat Harbour — 51.61°N, 55.92°WFillmore Limestone — 38.82°N, 113.44°WGarden City — 42.11°N, 111.63°WOutram — 52.88°N, 118.08°WKirtonryggen — 79.85°N, 17.67°EDeadwood — 47.98°N, 102.92°WDeadwood — 46.87°N, 103.30°WWah Wah — 38.85°N, 113.46°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.66°WSkoki — 52.88°N, 118.08°WFillmore — 39.84°N, 113.46°WTourmakeady — 53.69°N, 9.37°WRich Fountain — 38.23°N, 90.57°WWandel Valley — 80.74°N, 22.99°W

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The named rock units Benthamaspis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Benthamaspis and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Benthamaspis and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

340 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 90 sites for Benthamaspis, 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

26 references

Each of the 107 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. 14 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 content0

No picture of Benthamaspis was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Benthamaspis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Benthamaspis was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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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What may have been alongside itBathyurellinae through timeFormations of the OrdovicianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Poulsen 1946