Brachythyris

Brachythyris

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BrachythyrididaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spiriferida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Spiriferida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Spiriferida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 68 million years on record.

The record covers at least 358.86 Mya to 290.1 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 372.15 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Devonian — about 3 of 178 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 162 of 178 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 13 of 178 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 178 occurrences375–370 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences370–366 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences366–362 Mya — about 1 occurrence362–358 Mya — about 7 occurrences358–354 Mya — about 24 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 23 occurrences350–345 Mya — about 21 occurrences345–341 Mya — about 22 occurrences341–337 Mya — about 23 occurrences337–333 Mya — about 21 occurrences333–329 Mya — about 13 occurrences329–325 Mya — about 2 occurrences325–320 Mya — about 1 occurrence320–316 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences316–312 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences312–308 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences308–304 Mya — about 2 occurrences304–300 Mya — about 1 occurrence300–295 Mya — about 3 occurrences295–291 Mya — about 5 occurrences291–287 Mya — about 3 occurrences287–283 Mya — about 1 occurrence283–279 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences279–275 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences275–270 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences270–266 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences266–262 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences262–258 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences258–254 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences254–249 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences358.86 Mya290.1 Mya375 Mya249 Mya

178 occurrences of Brachythyris 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

178 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

66 formations

Woolooma — 32.50°S, 151.00°EWoolooma — 30.11°S, 150.28°EWoolooma — 32.15°S, 150.99°EFeltrim — 53.43°N, 6.20°WNamoi — 31.03°S, 150.57°EFlagstaff Sandstone — 32.28°S, 151.63°EFlagstaff Sandstone — 32.21°S, 151.57°EChappel Limestone — 31.06°N, 99.30°WChappel Limestone — 31.04°N, 99.13°WChappel Limestone — 30.68°N, 99.33°WChappel Limestone — 31.20°N, 98.97°WChappel Limestone — 30.31°N, 98.30°WBanff — 57.00°N, 120.00°WBanff — 52.25°N, 117.25°WBanff — 53.08°N, 118.06°WBanff — 51.80°N, 115.83°WBanff — 51.42°N, 115.75°WWaterhouses Limestone — 53.03°N, 1.87°WWaterhouses Limestone — 52.80°N, 2.10°WEdwardsville — 39.50°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.75°N, 86.67°WEdwardsville — 39.25°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.04°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.33°N, 86.67°WBingleburra — 32.43°S, 151.57°EBerrico Creek — 31.98°S, 151.70°EBerrico Creek — 31.93°S, 151.72°EJungle Creek — 64.97°N, 140.90°WJungle Creek — 65.39°N, 140.70°WWaverley — 32.50°S, 151.00°EWaverley — 32.08°S, 150.98°EWaverley — 32.10°S, 151.13°ESaginaw Bay — 56.92°N, 134.22°WSaginaw Bay — 56.85°N, 134.13°WLodgepole — 43.83°N, 111.75°WBesa River — 61.10°N, 123.98°WAlan Mountain Limestone — 47.42°N, 105.59°WBrazer Dolomite — 40.16°N, 110.40°WFlett — 63.88°N, 127.75°WWassonville — 41.58°N, 91.33°WMaynes Creek — 42.83°N, 93.24°WSt. Joe — 36.03°N, 92.81°WSt. Joe — 36.31°N, 95.03°WGlen Park — 39.55°N, 91.04°WGlen Park — 39.58°N, 91.07°WCauldon Low Conglomerate — 53.03°N, 1.88°WWeaver Beds — 52.80°N, 2.10°W

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The named rock units Brachythyris has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 42 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 19 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Brachythyris and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Brachythyris and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

1,614 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 152 sites for Brachythyris, 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

64 references

Each of the 178 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. 52 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 Brachythyris

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Credit
AVZ
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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What may have been alongside itBrachythyrididae through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. M'Coy 1844