Cyathophycus reticulatus

No picture of Cyathophycus reticulatus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. 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 Cyathophycus reticulatus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CyathophycusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Reticulosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Reticulosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Reticulosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Hexactinellida
Environment
marinePBDB, for Hexactinellida

Time the record covers

At least 8 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 450.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 468 Mya to 449.6 Mya.

Ordovician — about 2 of 2 occurrencesOrdovician469–468 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences468–467 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences467–467 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences467–466 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences466–465 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences465–465 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences465–464 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences464–463 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences463–463 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences463–462 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences462–461 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences461–461 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences461–460 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences459–459 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences459–458 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences450–450 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences450–449 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences458.2 Mya450.2 Mya468.5 Mya449.1 Mya

2 occurrences of Cyathophycus reticulatus 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

2 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

2 formations

Vinini — 39.88°N, 116.25°WRed River — 52.13°N, 97.52°W

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

Cyathophycus reticulatus and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Cyathophycus reticulatus and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Cyathophycus reticulatus, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 2 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 doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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No picture of Cyathophycus reticulatus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Cyathophycus reticulatus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Cyathophycus reticulatus 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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What may have been alongside itCyathophycus through timeFormations of the OrdovicianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Walcott 1879