Disphyllidae

Disphyllidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ColumnariinaPBDB
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 160 million years on record.

The record covers at least 453.8 Mya to 293.52 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 290.1 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 845 occurrencesOrdovician — about 58 of 845 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 13 of 845 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 773 of 845 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 845 occurrencesPermian — about 1 of 845 occurrences491–484 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences484–477 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences477–470 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences470–464 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences464–457 Mya — about 4 occurrences457–450 Mya — about 25 occurrences450–443 Mya — about 28 occurrences443–436 Mya — about 2 occurrences436–429 Mya — about 4 occurrences429–423 Mya — about 6 occurrences423–416 Mya — about 14 occurrences416–409 Mya — about 32 occurrences409–402 Mya — about 23 occurrences402–395 Mya — about 24 occurrences395–388 Mya — about 75 occurrences388–382 Mya — about 289 occurrences382–375 Mya — about 219 occurrences375–368 Mya — about 92 occurrences368–361 Mya — about 5 occurrences361–354 Mya — about 2 occurrences300–293 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences293–286 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences453.8 Mya293.52 Mya491 Mya286 Mya

845 occurrences of Disphyllidae on record, most of them in the Devonian. 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

845 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

188 formations

Pillara — 17.50°S, 125.00°EPillara — 18.50°S, 125.87°EPillara — 18.40°S, 125.75°EPillara — 18.63°S, 125.87°EPillara — 18.22°S, 126.13°EPillara — 18.60°S, 126.10°EPillara — 17.62°S, 124.98°EPillara — 17.13°S, 124.70°ESilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSadler Limestone — 18.00°S, 125.50°EKowala — 50.80°N, 20.47°EKowala — 50.83°N, 20.37°EKowala — 50.80°N, 20.57°EKowala — 50.83°N, 20.67°EKowala — 50.73°N, 20.45°EKowala — 50.63°N, 21.37°EHume — 65.28°N, 128.77°WHume — 65.28°N, 128.89°WHume — 65.30°N, 126.57°WHume — 65.33°N, 129.98°WHume — 65.41°N, 129.19°WHume — 65.63°N, 128.25°WMartin — 34.75°N, 112.11°WMartin — 34.75°N, 112.13°WMartin — 34.87°N, 112.09°WMartin — 34.45°N, 111.84°WMartin — 35.00°N, 112.50°WPortilla — 42.83°N, 5.65°WPortilla — 42.82°N, 5.22°EPortilla — 42.83°N, 1.57°EPortilla — 43.00°N, 6.17°WPortilla — 42.87°N, 5.66°WPortilla — 42.87°N, 5.85°WPortilla — 42.84°N, 5.50°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.50°N, 85.75°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.25°N, 85.77°WKakisa — 61.00°N, 120.00°WKakisa — 57.00°N, 124.00°WKakisa — 56.28°N, 123.39°WDewal — 33.75°N, 68.03°EDewal — 33.87°N, 67.93°EDewal — 33.62°N, 67.90°EDewal — 33.73°N, 68.08°EBurdekin — 19.73°S, 146.43°EBurdekin — 19.90°S, 146.23°EBurdekin — 19.50°S, 146.33°EBurdekin — 19.47°S, 145.98°EHagen-Balve — 51.40°N, 7.81°EHagen-Balve — 51.39°N, 7.87°EHorn Plateau — 62.25°N, 119.25°WHorn Plateau — 62.17°N, 117.83°WHorn Plateau — 62.18°N, 117.53°WHorn Plateau — 61.75°N, 122.23°WFerques — 50.83°N, 1.77°EGarra — 33.00°S, 149.00°EGarra — 33.95°S, 148.82°EQiziqiao — 27.83°N, 111.58°EQiziqiao — 27.78°N, 111.48°EQiziqiao — 27.40°N, 111.27°ECombe Martin Slates — 51.20°N, 4.03°WBlacourt — 50.83°N, 1.77°ECandas — 43.49°N, 2.39°ELime Creek — 43.00°N, 93.00°WSchistes de Beaulieu — 50.84°N, 1.73°ESchistes de Beaulieu — 50.84°N, 1.76°EBeul — 51.39°N, 7.87°ELazhuglung — 34.77°N, 81.31°EDonggangling — 24.98°N, 109.98°EDonggangling — 24.10°N, 109.98°EDonggangling — 24.45°N, 108.30°EDonggangling — 25.50°N, 110.25°E

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The named rock units Disphyllidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 164 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 75 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Disphyllidae and its relatives

Devonian

Where Disphyllidae and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

1,734 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 339 sites for Disphyllidae, and this reads 240 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

149 references

Each of the 845 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. 137 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 Disphyllidae

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Wilson44691
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Disphyllidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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. Hill 1939