Encrinuridae

Encrinuridae is a family of trilobite within the order Phacopida that lived in what would be Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from 479 to 412.3 million years ago, existing for approximately 66.7 million years.

Encrinuridae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CheirurinaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Trilobita
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 51 million years on record.

The record covers at least 471.3 Mya to 419.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 481.7 Mya to 413.02 Mya.

Ordovician — about 722 of 1397 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 671 of 1397 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 5 of 1397 occurrencesDevonian483–481 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences481–478 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences478–476 Mya — about 1 occurrence476–474 Mya — about 8 occurrences474–471 Mya — about 11 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 42 occurrences469–466 Mya — about 20 occurrences466–464 Mya — about 21 occurrences464–462 Mya — about 19 occurrences462–459 Mya — about 33 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 94 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 82 occurrences455–452 Mya — about 75 occurrences452–450 Mya — about 98 occurrences450–447 Mya — about 115 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 81 occurrences445–443 Mya — about 29 occurrences443–440 Mya — about 43 occurrences440–438 Mya — about 96 occurrences438–435 Mya — about 80 occurrences435–433 Mya — about 81 occurrences433–431 Mya — about 96 occurrences431–428 Mya — about 73 occurrences428–426 Mya — about 72 occurrences426–424 Mya — about 81 occurrences424–421 Mya — about 34 occurrences421–419 Mya — about 10 occurrences419–416 Mya — about 2 occurrences416–414 Mya — about 2 occurrences414–412 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences471.3 Mya419.62 Mya483 Mya412 Mya

1,397 occurrences of Encrinuridae 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

1,397 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

368 formations

Cape Phillips — 75.13°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WCape Phillips — 75.40°N, 95.80°WCape Phillips — 74.10°N, 94.00°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.62°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.60°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.12°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.51°WJupiter — 49.56°N, 63.35°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.40°WJupiter — 49.35°N, 63.25°WJupiter — 49.25°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.25°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.22°N, 62.24°WJupiter — 49.12°N, 62.22°WJupiter — 49.24°N, 62.39°WJupiter — 49.14°N, 62.36°WJupiter — 49.14°N, 62.34°WJupiter — 49.23°N, 62.55°WJupiter — 49.23°N, 62.60°WJupiter — 49.48°N, 63.16°WJupiter — 49.44°N, 63.14°WWhittaker — 62.00°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 61.52°N, 124.87°WWhittaker — 62.47°N, 124.85°WWhittaker — 63.28°N, 125.35°WWhittaker — 61.48°N, 125.05°WWhittaker — 62.46°N, 124.88°WWhittaker — 62.77°N, 125.25°WWhittaker — 62.38°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 62.50°N, 125.25°WWhittaker — 62.40°N, 127.07°WWhittaker — 63.22°N, 126.33°WKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.35°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 14.22°EKopanina — 49.77°N, 13.25°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°EKopanina — 50.08°N, 14.47°EKopanina — 49.93°N, 14.18°EKopanina — 49.52°N, 13.50°EKopanina — 49.96°N, 14.10°EEsbataottine — 62.00°N, 127.00°WEsbataottine — 61.72°N, 125.93°WEsbataottine — 61.63°N, 125.73°WEsbataottine — 62.52°N, 124.78°WEsbataottine — 66.63°N, 140.53°WEsbataottine — 61.63°N, 125.75°WEsbataottine — 62.12°N, 126.68°WEsbataottine — 61.32°N, 125.38°WDelorme — 62.77°N, 125.25°WDelorme — 62.40°N, 127.00°WCampile — 53.44°N, 7.23°WCampile — 53.22°N, 7.93°WCampile — 53.45°N, 7.17°WSolvang — 60.00°N, 11.00°ESolvang — 60.13°N, 10.28°ESolvang — 59.87°N, 10.58°ESolvang — 58.45°N, 8.76°ESolvang — 59.86°N, 10.52°ESolvang — 59.83°N, 10.51°ESolvang — 60.05°N, 10.18°ESolvang — 60.40°N, 10.55°EDufton Shales — 54.72°N, 2.48°WVolkhov — 59.97°N, 32.57°EBalclatchie — 55.22°N, 4.85°WBalclatchie — 54.84°N, 4.05°WBalclatchie — 55.17°N, 4.87°WBalclatchie — 55.31°N, 4.80°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.35°WEdinburg — 36.88°N, 81.68°WEdinburg — 37.74°N, 79.51°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.36°WEdinburg — 38.56°N, 78.86°WLas Aguaditas — 30.33°S, 68.80°WRead Bay — 73.25°N, 93.50°WRead Bay — 75.00°N, 95.00°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WRead Bay — 74.71°N, 94.89°WRead Bay — 75.25°N, 95.00°WAntelope Valley — 39.09°N, 116.85°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 37.34°N, 115.38°WAntelope Valley — 39.00°N, 116.62°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WLower Visby Beds — 57.63°N, 18.30°ELower Visby Beds — 57.77°N, 18.42°ELower Visby Beds — 57.60°N, 18.20°ELower Visby Beds — 57.70°N, 18.36°ELower Visby Beds — 57.66°N, 18.31°ERacine Dolomite — 41.67°N, 88.00°WRacine Dolomite — 43.00°N, 88.00°WRacine Dolomite — 38.97°N, 90.43°WRacine Dolomite — 42.72°N, 87.78°WRacine Dolomite — 41.57°N, 87.60°WSt. Clair Limestone — 35.77°N, 91.63°WLangåra — 59.89°N, 10.53°ELangåra — 59.86°N, 10.43°ELangåra — 59.87°N, 10.56°ELangåra — 59.69°N, 10.93°ECape Schuchert — 77.51°N, 66.65°WCape Schuchert — 81.00°N, 65.00°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 92.00°WScotch Grove — 41.85°N, 90.18°WScotch Grove — 42.17°N, 91.10°WScotch Grove — 42.10°N, 91.28°WXiushan — 28.00°N, 108.00°EXiushan — 28.55°N, 108.85°ECrown Point — 44.61°N, 73.42°WCrown Point — 44.71°N, 73.46°WCrown Point — 44.58°N, 73.53°WShipshaw — 48.53°N, 72.22°WShipshaw — 48.42°N, 72.06°WShipshaw — 48.65°N, 71.21°WShipshaw — 48.64°N, 71.20°W

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The named rock units Encrinuridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 344 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 96 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Encrinuridae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Encrinuridae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

2,487 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,025 sites for Encrinuridae, 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

323 references

Each of the 1,397 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. 311 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 content2

Picture of Encrinuridae

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CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
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The description on this site

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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. Angelin 1854