Bythocypris

Bythocypris

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BythocyprididaePBDB
Diet
detritivore, grazerPBDB, for Podocopida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Podocopida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ostracoda
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Ostracoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Ostracoda

Time the record covers

At least 476 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.4 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Cambrian — about 0 of 281 occurrencesOrdovician — about 55 of 281 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 8 of 281 occurrencesDevonian — about 31 of 281 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 27 of 281 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 14 of 281 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 11 of 281 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 7 of 281 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 5 of 281 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 23 of 281 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 12 of 281 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 281 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 5 of 281 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 7 of 281 occurrencesPaleocene — about 16 of 281 occurrencesEocene — about 28 of 281 occurrencesOligocene — about 27 of 281 occurrencesMiocene — about 4 of 281 occurrencesPliocene — about 0 of 281 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 281 occurrences496–480 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences480–463 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences463–447 Mya — about 50 occurrences447–430 Mya — about 5 occurrences430–413 Mya — about 9 occurrences413–397 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences397–380 Mya — about 27 occurrences380–364 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences347–331 Mya — about 4 occurrences331–314 Mya — about 14 occurrences314–298 Mya — about 9 occurrences298–281 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences281–265 Mya — about 4 occurrences265–248 Mya — about 19 occurrences248–232 Mya — about 10 occurrences232–215 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences215–198 Mya — about 4 occurrences198–182 Mya — about 13 occurrences182–165 Mya — about 21 occurrences132–116 Mya — about 1 occurrence116–99 Mya — about 4 occurrences99–83 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences83–66 Mya — about 6 occurrences66–50 Mya — about 23 occurrences50–33 Mya — about 23 occurrences33–17 Mya — about 25 occurrences17–0 Mya — about 5 occurrences477.1 Mya129 ka496 Mya0 Mya

281 occurrences of Bythocypris on record, most of them in the Ordovician. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

281 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

98 formations

Moscow — 42.87°N, 78.83°WMoscow — 42.90°N, 78.45°WMoscow — 43.00°N, 78.30°WMoscow — 42.88°N, 78.03°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.88°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.77°WQom Formation — 33.51°N, 51.99°EJurensismergel — 47.95°N, 7.82°EJohns Valley — 34.50°N, 95.63°WJohns Valley — 34.42°N, 96.00°WJohns Valley — 34.41°N, 95.91°WJohns Valley — 34.59°N, 95.89°WJohns Valley — 34.28°N, 95.86°WJohns Valley — 34.60°N, 95.75°WJohns Valley — 34.72°N, 95.63°WJohns Valley — 34.79°N, 95.02°WZafir — 32.14°N, 34.98°EBayirkoy — 40.30°N, 29.99°EBromide — 34.00°N, 97.00°WSanta Marta — 64.35°S, 57.40°WLares Limestone — 18.37°N, 67.00°WChangxing — 26.33°N, 105.93°EChangxing — 25.73°N, 117.74°EDaye — 25.57°N, 106.66°ELenshuigou — 23.00°N, 104.00°EBlacourt — 50.83°N, 1.77°EAmeki — 6.83°N, 7.08°EAmeki — 5.57°N, 7.52°EAmeki — 5.00°N, 7.50°Efahdène — 36.57°N, 8.77°EOpalinuston — 47.95°N, 7.82°EZebbeus — 36.18°N, 8.72°ENariva — 10.32°N, 61.47°WLuolou — 24.58°N, 106.89°EQixia — 30.64°N, 110.75°EKagawong — 45.75°N, 81.60°WKagawong — 45.90°N, 82.25°WKagawong — 45.74°N, 81.82°WLorraine — 46.22°N, 72.62°WLorraine — 45.36°N, 75.35°WMcAlester — 35.58°N, 95.32°WSalem Limestone — 37.49°N, 85.34°W

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The named rock units Bythocypris has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 74 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 56 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Bythocypris and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Bythocypris and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

2,782 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 221 sites for Bythocypris, 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

92 references

Each of the 281 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. 80 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 Bythocypris

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Brady 1880