Caninia

Caninia is an extinct genus of rugose coral. Its fossils occur worldwide from the Devonian to the Permian periods.

Caninia

Kansas Geological Survey · CC BY-SA 1.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CyathopsidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rugosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rugosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rugosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Rugosa

Time the record covers

At least 92 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 290.1 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 419.62 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Silurian — about 0 of 262 occurrencesDevonian — about 11 of 262 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 222 of 262 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 30 of 262 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 262 occurrences423–417 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences417–411 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences411–406 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences406–400 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences400–394 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences394–388 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences388–382 Mya — about 2 occurrences382–376 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences376–371 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences371–365 Mya — about 2 occurrences365–359 Mya — about 4 occurrences359–353 Mya — about 17 occurrences353–347 Mya — about 31 occurrences347–342 Mya — about 50 occurrences342–336 Mya — about 32 occurrences336–330 Mya — about 20 occurrences330–324 Mya — about 14 occurrences324–318 Mya — about 4 occurrences318–313 Mya — about 4 occurrences313–307 Mya — about 7 occurrences307–301 Mya — about 28 occurrences301–295 Mya — about 20 occurrences295–289 Mya — about 16 occurrences289–283 Mya — about 6 occurrences283–278 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences278–272 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences272–266 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences266–260 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences260–254 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences254–249 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences382.31 Mya290.1 Mya423 Mya249 Mya

262 occurrences of Caninia 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

262 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

63 formations

High Tor Limestone — 51.63°N, 3.97°WHigh Tor Limestone — 51.50°N, 3.00°WGraham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.24°N, 98.15°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WBlack Rock Limestone — 51.57°N, 4.33°WBlack Rock Limestone — 51.33°N, 2.74°WWordiekammen limestones — 78.49°N, 16.79°EBlack Rock — 51.33°N, 2.74°WMonroe Canyon — 43.83°N, 111.48°WAmsden — 43.00°N, 107.00°WAmsden — 42.87°N, 110.79°WAmsden — 45.99°N, 111.77°WFeltrim — 53.43°N, 6.20°WFeltrim — 53.62°N, 6.92°WChuanshan — 31.30°N, 119.63°EChuanshan — 31.27°N, 120.57°EChuanshan — 29.11°N, 117.33°ETin Mountain — 36.35°N, 116.53°WTin Mountain — 36.76°N, 117.48°WTin Mountain — 36.39°N, 117.43°WTin Mountain — 36.76°N, 117.44°WWaterhouses Limestone — 53.03°N, 1.87°WWaterhouses Limestone — 52.80°N, 2.10°WLodgepole — 45.78°N, 108.50°WLodgepole — 43.83°N, 111.75°WSurrett Canyon — 44.25°N, 113.80°WSurrett Canyon — 44.38°N, 113.87°WSurrett Canyon — 44.37°N, 113.82°WSurrett Canyon — 44.22°N, 113.50°WHonaker Trail — 38.58°N, 109.58°WBrazer Limestone — 41.56°N, 111.96°WBrazer Limestone — 41.66°N, 111.71°WPercha Shale — 32.84°N, 108.36°WPercha Shale — 32.77°N, 108.29°WGayle Limestone II — 54.30°N, 2.15°WRepreso — 30.72°N, 112.35°WHeath — 46.67°N, 109.13°WWeaver Beds — 52.80°N, 2.10°WTunnel Mountain — 50.48°N, 114.71°WKizelov — 54.88°N, 52.33°EMaping — 24.65°N, 108.34°EOtter — 46.13°N, 111.43°W

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The named rock units Caninia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 39 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 37 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Caninia and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Caninia and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

1,039 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 215 sites for Caninia, 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

71 references

Each of the 262 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. 59 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 Caninia

Credit
Kansas Geological Survey
Licence
CC BY-SA 1.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Michelin 1840