Distichophyllia norica

Distichophyllia norica

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DistichophylliaPBDB
Diet
photosymbiotic, suspension feederPBDB, for Reimaniphylliidae
Life habit
solitaryPBDB, for Distichophyllia
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Scleractinia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 34 million years on record.

The record covers at least 227.3 Mya to 192.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 184.2 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 61 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 59 of 61 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 2 of 61 occurrencesEarly Jurassic238–236 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences236–234 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences234–233 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences233–231 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences231–229 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences229–227 Mya — about 1 occurrence227–225 Mya — about 3 occurrences225–223 Mya — about 3 occurrences223–222 Mya — about 3 occurrences222–220 Mya — about 3 occurrences220–218 Mya — about 3 occurrences218–216 Mya — about 3 occurrences216–214 Mya — about 3 occurrences214–212 Mya — about 2 occurrences212–211 Mya — about 3 occurrences211–209 Mya — about 5 occurrences209–207 Mya — about 5 occurrences207–205 Mya — about 5 occurrences205–203 Mya — about 5 occurrences203–201 Mya — about 5 occurrences201–200 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences194–192 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences192–190 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences190–189 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences189–187 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences187–185 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences185–183 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences227.3 Mya192.9 Mya238 Mya183 Mya

61 occurrences of Distichophyllia norica on record, most of them in the Late Triassic. 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

61 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

23 formations

Nayband — 33.12°N, 51.98°ENayband — 32.37°N, 57.47°ENayband — 34.06°N, 58.08°EMartin Bridge — 44.97°N, 117.23°WMartin Bridge — 44.95°N, 117.33°WMartin Bridge — 46.29°N, 116.69°WZlambach — 47.62°N, 13.73°EZlambach — 47.50°N, 13.50°EZlambach — 47.55°N, 13.65°EZlambach — 47.75°N, 13.50°ECornwallis — 56.43°N, 133.87°WCornwallis — 56.90°N, 133.98°WCornwallis — 57.21°N, 134.08°WBortepa — 37.47°N, 74.73°EBortepa — 37.33°N, 75.00°EBortepa — 39.27°N, 73.45°EChambara — 10.85°S, 76.17°WChambara — 10.85°S, 75.98°WMartin Bridge Limestone — 45.12°N, 116.83°WMartin Bridge Limestone — 46.33°N, 116.73°WDachstein — 47.50°N, 13.50°EDachstein — 47.63°N, 13.17°ELuning — 38.43°N, 118.05°WJebel Wasa — 24.70°N, 55.87°EHosselkus — 40.80°N, 122.12°WKoguchi — 32.29°N, 130.60°ENutekin — 63.40°N, 176.99°EPac Ma — 21.50°N, 104.00°EParson Bay — 48.86°N, 124.23°WKuta — 6.03°S, 144.84°EHound Island Volcanics — 56.82°N, 133.98°WChitistone — 61.51°N, 142.76°WMailonggang — 29.85°N, 91.63°ENehenta — 55.16°N, 131.75°WDerirong — 28.68°N, 87.15°EBolila — 29.68°N, 98.59°EQuagasi — 31.81°N, 98.58°E

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The named rock units Distichophyllia norica has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 20 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Distichophyllia norica and its relatives

Late Triassic

Where Distichophyllia norica and its relatives were recorded in the Late Triassic.

Found in the same rock

677 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 55 sites for Distichophyllia norica, 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

33 references

Each of the 61 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. 21 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 Distichophyllia norica

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Distichophyllia norica 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. (Frech 1890)