Favositida

Favositida is an extinct suborder of prehistoric corals in the order Tabulata. These corals thrived from the Ordovician to the end of the Permian period, roughly between 471.8 and 252 million years ago. The fossil remains of Favositida species distinctly have honeycomb-like structure.

Favositida

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TabulataPBDB
Diet
suspension feeder, photosymbioticPBDB, for Tabulata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Tabulata
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Tabulata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa

Time the record covers

At least 204 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Ordovician — about 336 of 6852 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 2285 of 6852 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 3752 of 6852 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 164 of 6852 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 314 of 6852 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 6852 occurrences476–468 Mya — about 1 occurrence468–460 Mya — about 2 occurrences460–453 Mya — about 32 occurrences453–445 Mya — about 211 occurrences445–438 Mya — about 723 occurrences438–430 Mya — about 800 occurrences430–422 Mya — about 726 occurrences422–415 Mya — about 365 occurrences415–407 Mya — about 573 occurrences407–400 Mya — about 298 occurrences400–392 Mya — about 431 occurrences392–384 Mya — about 1199 occurrences384–377 Mya — about 744 occurrences377–369 Mya — about 219 occurrences369–362 Mya — about 36 occurrences362–354 Mya — about 29 occurrences354–346 Mya — about 39 occurrences346–339 Mya — about 59 occurrences339–331 Mya — about 28 occurrences331–324 Mya — about 12 occurrences324–316 Mya — about 5 occurrences316–308 Mya — about 3 occurrences308–301 Mya — about 2 occurrences301–293 Mya — about 8 occurrences293–286 Mya — about 20 occurrences286–278 Mya — about 66 occurrences278–270 Mya — about 62 occurrences270–263 Mya — about 69 occurrences263–255 Mya — about 52 occurrences255–248 Mya — about 36 occurrences458.2 Mya254.14 Mya476 Mya248 Mya

6,852 occurrences of Favositida 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

6,852 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

801 formations

Khandyg — 62.20°N, 138.15°EKhandyg — 63.40°N, 136.68°EKhandyg — 60.15°N, 137.10°EKhandyg — 63.52°N, 136.60°EKhandyg — 62.93°N, 138.10°EKhandyg — 62.85°N, 138.15°EKowala — 50.83°N, 20.37°EKowala — 50.82°N, 20.58°EKowala — 50.80°N, 20.47°EKowala — 50.73°N, 20.45°EKowala — 50.83°N, 20.67°EKowala — 50.93°N, 20.53°EKowala — 50.63°N, 21.37°EKowala — 50.75°N, 20.78°EKowala — 50.88°N, 20.57°ETamsalu — 58.91°N, 23.47°ETamsalu — 58.87°N, 22.97°ETamsalu — 58.93°N, 23.75°ETamsalu — 59.00°N, 25.92°ETamsalu — 59.06°N, 25.14°ETamsalu — 59.07°N, 24.80°ETamsalu — 58.48°N, 26.38°ETamsalu — 58.61°N, 25.56°ETamsalu — 59.05°N, 24.45°ETamsalu — 59.14°N, 26.13°ETamsalu — 58.91°N, 23.43°ETamsalu — 59.05°N, 24.70°ETamsalu — 58.84°N, 23.06°ETamsalu — 59.17°N, 26.13°ETamsalu — 59.06°N, 24.95°ETamsalu — 59.21°N, 26.64°ETamsalu — 58.99°N, 26.35°ETamsalu — 58.68°N, 26.09°ELudlowville — 42.80°N, 78.85°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.88°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.51°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.33°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 75.54°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 76.47°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 77.36°WCoopers Creek Limestone — 38.15°S, 146.47°EOnondaga — 43.01°N, 78.01°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 42.97°N, 77.85°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 74.67°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.50°N, 85.75°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.25°N, 85.77°WKuranakh — 63.40°N, 136.68°EKuranakh — 60.15°N, 137.10°EKuranakh — 63.52°N, 136.60°EKuranakh — 62.93°N, 138.10°EKuranakh — 62.85°N, 138.15°EMia Le — 22.23°N, 106.18°EQixia — 25.82°N, 107.55°EQixia — 29.41°N, 103.55°EQixia — 31.63°N, 117.83°EQixia — 32.15°N, 118.96°EQixia — 30.35°N, 116.85°EQixia — 31.76°N, 118.14°EQixia — 30.99°N, 119.56°EQixia — 30.95°N, 118.75°EQixia — 32.08°N, 119.03°EQixia — 29.00°N, 117.30°EQixia — 27.05°N, 113.90°EQixia — 29.00°N, 116.89°EQixia — 31.70°N, 118.10°EQixia — 30.00°N, 117.81°EQixia — 24.07°N, 108.66°EQixia — 24.66°N, 116.16°EQixia — 23.71°N, 109.22°EQixia — 26.07°N, 107.47°EQixia — 26.26°N, 107.53°EQixia — 26.09°N, 106.57°EQixia — 27.30°N, 105.28°EQixia — 27.66°N, 106.78°EQixia — 26.91°N, 109.20°EQixia — 25.10°N, 106.40°EQixia — 26.73°N, 105.81°EQixia — 26.39°N, 106.78°EQixia — 25.99°N, 106.07°EQixia — 24.85°N, 107.68°EBan Pap — 21.18°N, 105.07°EBan Pap — 21.43°N, 104.12°EVaughn Gulch — 36.82°N, 118.08°WVaughn Gulch — 36.90°N, 118.07°WRead Bay — 73.25°N, 93.50°WRead Bay — 75.00°N, 95.00°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WRead Bay — 74.68°N, 94.16°WRead Bay — 74.65°N, 94.71°WRead Bay — 74.73°N, 94.94°WRead Bay — 74.70°N, 94.82°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.43°WRead Bay — 74.68°N, 93.48°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 42.33°N, 83.03°WSilica — 41.12°N, 84.85°WSanta Lucia — 42.89°N, 2.09°ESanta Lucia — 42.80°N, 5.98°WSanta Lucia — 42.87°N, 5.68°WSanta Lucia — 42.87°N, 5.43°WSanta Lucia — 42.87°N, 5.28°WSanta Lucia — 42.97°N, 6.20°WSanta Lucia — 42.88°N, 5.10°WSanta Lucia — 42.84°N, 5.65°WCombe Martin Slates — 51.20°N, 4.03°WPortilla — 42.85°N, 1.84°EPortilla — 42.83°N, 5.65°WPortilla — 42.88°N, 5.12°EPortilla — 42.82°N, 5.22°EPortilla — 41.05°N, 3.33°WPortilla — 43.00°N, 6.17°WPortilla — 42.83°N, 5.10°WPortilla — 42.87°N, 5.85°WPortilla — 42.84°N, 5.50°WDewal — 33.75°N, 68.03°EDewal — 33.87°N, 67.93°EDewal — 33.62°N, 67.90°EDewal — 33.73°N, 68.08°EBeul — 51.39°N, 7.87°EBaraniy — 63.40°N, 136.68°EBaraniy — 60.15°N, 137.10°EBaraniy — 62.93°N, 138.10°EBaraniy — 62.85°N, 138.15°EHagen-Balve — 51.40°N, 7.81°EHagen-Balve — 51.39°N, 7.87°ENa Quan — 22.68°N, 106.67°ENa Quan — 22.23°N, 106.18°EKhaastyrka — 67.35°N, 104.04°EKhaastyrka — 67.32°N, 103.85°EKhaastyrka — 67.33°N, 104.85°EKhaastyrka — 67.34°N, 103.88°EBrassfield — 37.66°N, 84.12°WBrassfield — 38.73°N, 83.61°WBrassfield — 39.78°N, 83.96°WBrassfield — 39.86°N, 84.55°WBrassfield — 38.82°N, 83.51°WBrassfield — 39.48°N, 83.86°WBrassfield — 41.13°N, 84.23°WBrassfield — 39.97°N, 84.32°WBrassfield — 39.78°N, 84.86°WBrassfield — 38.14°N, 85.53°WBrassfield — 39.26°N, 83.75°WBrassfield — 37.80°N, 84.09°WBrassfield — 38.22°N, 83.63°WBrassfield — 37.71°N, 83.98°WBrassfield — 39.99°N, 84.35°WBrassfield — 39.34°N, 85.48°W

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The named rock units Favositida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 777 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,247 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Favositida and its relatives

Devonian

Where Favositida and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

1,764 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 948 sites for Favositida, 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

685 references

Each of the 6,852 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. 673 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 Favositida

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Favositida 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.

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. Wedekind 1937