Distomodus kentuckyensis

Searched as Drepanodus simplex. The Paleobiology Database treats Distomodus kentuckyensis as the accepted name.

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DistomodusPBDB
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 38 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 438.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 419.62 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 137 occurrencesOrdovician — about 13 of 137 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 124 of 137 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 0 of 137 occurrences488–486 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences486–484 Mya — about 2 occurrences484–481 Mya — about 2 occurrences481–479 Mya — about 2 occurrences479–477 Mya — about 2 occurrences477–474 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences474–472 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences472–470 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences470–467 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences449–446 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences446–444 Mya — about 1 occurrence444–442 Mya — about 29 occurrences442–439 Mya — about 46 occurrences439–437 Mya — about 23 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 13 occurrences435–432 Mya — about 10 occurrences432–430 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences430–428 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences428–425 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences425–423 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences423–421 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences421–418 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences477.1 Mya438.6 Mya488 Mya418 Mya

137 occurrences of Distomodus kentuckyensis 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

137 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

31 formations

Brassfield — 39.77°N, 85.47°WBrassfield — 39.37°N, 85.44°WBrassfield — 39.10°N, 85.36°WBrassfield — 38.87°N, 85.19°WBrassfield — 38.75°N, 85.44°WBrassfield — 38.67°N, 85.46°WBrassfield — 38.63°N, 85.45°WBrassfield — 38.61°N, 85.47°WBrassfield — 38.56°N, 85.63°WBrassfield — 38.48°N, 85.51°WBrassfield — 38.48°N, 85.55°WBrassfield — 38.34°N, 86.07°WBrassfield — 38.07°N, 85.74°WBrassfield — 38.04°N, 85.81°WBecscie — 49.78°N, 64.32°WBecscie — 49.72°N, 64.05°WBecscie — 49.65°N, 63.38°WBecscie — 49.68°N, 63.65°WBecscie — 49.40°N, 62.33°WEsill Shale — 37.70°N, 83.97°WEsill Shale — 37.80°N, 84.08°WEsill Shale — 38.17°N, 83.58°WEsill Shale — 38.55°N, 83.57°WEsill Shale — 38.58°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.73°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.77°N, 83.42°WMarch — 44.49°N, 75.82°WMarch — 44.55°N, 75.77°WMarch — 44.60°N, 75.70°WSalamonie — 38.96°N, 85.48°WSalamonie — 38.75°N, 85.44°WSalamonie — 38.67°N, 85.46°WSalamonie — 38.48°N, 85.55°WSalamonie — 38.04°N, 85.81°WSolvik — 59.84°N, 10.51°ESolvik — 59.83°N, 10.44°EMaut — 63.97°N, 147.15°EHendricks — 43.22°N, 84.86°WHendricks — 45.73°N, 86.64°WHendricks — 43.61°N, 87.77°WHendricks — 43.47°N, 87.90°WHendricks — 44.63°N, 84.22°WZalaa — 44.40°N, 99.33°EKhaastyrka — 67.35°N, 104.04°EKhaastyrka — 67.32°N, 103.85°EKhaastyrka — 67.33°N, 104.85°EKhaastyrka — 67.34°N, 103.88°EWhite Head — 48.52°N, 64.22°WWhite Head — 48.67°N, 65.83°WRoberts Mountain — 39.95°N, 116.30°WSaelabonn — 60.06°N, 10.22°ESaelabonn — 57.15°N, 13.02°ESaelabonn — 57.10°N, 12.25°EMoyerokan — 67.37°N, 104.10°EMoyerokan — 67.34°N, 104.10°EWeir — 48.18°N, 64.97°WWeir — 48.67°N, 65.83°WClemville — 48.18°N, 64.97°WMotala — 58.53°N, 14.98°ESharchuluut — 44.40°N, 99.33°ECape Phillips — 77.53°N, 83.92°WConularia Sandstone — 30.29°N, 36.21°EEllis Bay — 49.50°N, 63.00°WKruzhilikha — 67.12°N, 52.07°EOxford — 44.60°N, 75.70°WBowling Green Dolomite — 39.39°N, 90.95°W

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The named rock units Distomodus kentuckyensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Distomodus kentuckyensis and its relatives

Silurian

Where Distomodus kentuckyensis and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

308 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 40 sites for Distomodus kentuckyensis, 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

25 references

Each of the 137 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. 13 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 content0

No picture of Distomodus kentuckyensis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Distomodus kentuckyensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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 Branson 1947)