Decoriconus fragilis

No picture of Decoriconus fragilis is on file. This entry was cached before the site began recording which collections were searched, so one that had nothing cannot be told from one that was never asked.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DecoriconusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Conodonta
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Conodonta
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Conodonta
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Conodonta

Time the record covers

At least 32 million years on record.

The record covers at least 445.5 Mya to 413.02 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 452.8 Mya to 410.62 Mya.

Ordovician — about 7 of 354 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 293 of 354 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 53 of 354 occurrencesDevonian454–452 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences452–451 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences448–446 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences446–445 Mya — about 1 occurrence445–443 Mya — about 4 occurrences443–442 Mya — about 13 occurrences442–440 Mya — about 16 occurrences440–439 Mya — about 10 occurrences439–438 Mya — about 5 occurrences438–436 Mya — about 3 occurrences436–435 Mya — about 3 occurrences435–433 Mya — about 3 occurrences433–432 Mya — about 30 occurrences432–430 Mya — about 37 occurrences430–429 Mya — about 39 occurrences429–427 Mya — about 39 occurrences427–426 Mya — about 31 occurrences426–424 Mya — about 22 occurrences424–423 Mya — about 18 occurrences423–421 Mya — about 12 occurrences421–420 Mya — about 11 occurrences420–419 Mya — about 9 occurrences419–417 Mya — about 9 occurrences417–416 Mya — about 9 occurrences416–414 Mya — about 9 occurrences414–413 Mya — about 9 occurrences413–411 Mya — about 9 occurrences411–410 Mya — about 4 occurrences445.5 Mya413.02 Mya453.6 Mya409.8 Mya

354 occurrences of Decoriconus fragilis on record, most of them in the Silurian. 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

354 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

50 formations

Wayne — 36.20°N, 86.92°WWayne — 36.07°N, 86.98°WWayne — 35.77°N, 87.45°WWayne — 36.37°N, 86.77°WWayne — 35.68°N, 88.10°WWayne — 35.38°N, 87.95°WWayne — 35.47°N, 87.60°WWayne — 35.32°N, 87.75°WWayne — 35.63°N, 87.63°WWayne — 35.02°N, 87.57°WWayne — 35.23°N, 88.15°WHenryhouse — 34.41°N, 97.08°WRauchkofel — 46.60°N, 12.87°EJaani — 58.52°N, 24.68°EWink — 31.86°N, 101.95°WWink — 32.25°N, 101.35°WGun River — 49.60°N, 63.42°WGun River — 49.58°N, 63.77°WGun River — 49.57°N, 63.50°WGun River — 49.52°N, 63.52°WGun River — 49.26°N, 62.16°WPetes — 57.20°N, 18.23°EBirstonas — 55.48°N, 24.49°EClarita — 34.41°N, 97.08°WCape Phillips — 77.48°N, 84.95°WCape Phillips — 77.53°N, 83.92°WCamelford Limestone — 32.95°S, 148.83°EMaut — 63.97°N, 147.15°EHossei — 33.93°N, 6.83°WHohe Warte — 46.60°N, 12.87°EBurgsvik — 57.23°N, 18.70°ERiga — 54.65°N, 23.33°ERacine — 43.10°N, 87.92°WSt. Clair — 37.30°N, 89.38°WBecscie — 49.40°N, 62.33°WBecscie — 49.72°N, 64.05°WJamaja — 57.81°N, 23.25°EBainbridge — 37.83°N, 89.88°WMuhu — 58.52°N, 24.68°ECobra — 34.13°S, 150.00°EMuch Wenlock Limestone — 55.13°N, 2.37°W

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The named rock units Decoriconus fragilis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 26 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 32 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Decoriconus fragilis and its relatives

Silurian

Where Decoriconus fragilis and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

94 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 196 sites for Decoriconus fragilis, 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

31 references

Each of the 354 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. 19 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.

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No picture of Decoriconus fragilis is on file.

This entry was cached before the site began recording which collections were searched, so one that had nothing cannot be told from one that was never asked.

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. (Branson and Mehl 1933)