Complexisporites polymorphus

No picture of Complexisporites polymorphus was found. Wikipedia and Wikidata were searched and had none. iDigBio and GBIF were not searched: the Paleobiology Database does not place Complexisporites polymorphus firmly enough to tell it from something else bearing the same name, and a search on the name alone returns whichever of them was photographed. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

Time the record covers

At least 12 million years on record.

The record covers at least 298.9 Mya to 286 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 303.7 Mya to 274.4 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 4 of 15 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 11 of 15 occurrencesPermian304–303 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences303–302 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences302–301 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences301–300 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences300–299 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences299–298 Mya — about 1 occurrence298–297 Mya — about 1 occurrence297–296 Mya — about 1 occurrence296–295 Mya — about 1 occurrence295–294 Mya — about 1 occurrence294–293 Mya — about 1 occurrence293–292 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences292–291 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences291–290 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences286–285 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences284–283 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences283–282 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences282–281 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences281–280 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences278–277 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences277–276 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences276–275 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences298.9 Mya286 Mya304.3 Mya273.8 Mya

15 occurrences of Complexisporites polymorphus on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

15 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

12 formations

Belle Creek — 32.39°N, 99.39°WGrenola — 39.33°N, 96.70°WWood Siding — 39.13°N, 96.00°WMatfield — 39.00°N, 96.67°WBeattie — 39.26°N, 96.59°WRoca — 36.70°N, 96.73°WJohnson — 36.70°N, 96.73°WJohnson ? — 36.70°N, 96.73°WForaker — 39.13°N, 96.00°WHarperville — 33.11°N, 98.59°WHoward — 39.05°N, 95.90°WAuburn — 39.13°N, 96.00°W

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The named rock units Complexisporites polymorphus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Complexisporites polymorphus and its relatives

Permian

Where Complexisporites polymorphus and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

7 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 12 sites for Complexisporites polymorphus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.

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

1 reference

Each of the 15 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No picture of Complexisporites polymorphus was found. Wikipedia and Wikidata were searched and had none.

iDigBio and GBIF were not searched: the Paleobiology Database does not place Complexisporites polymorphus firmly enough to tell it from something else bearing the same name, and a search on the name alone returns whichever of them was photographed.

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

No 3D scan of Complexisporites polymorphus was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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.