Glaphyrites

Glaphyrites is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family Glaphyritidae, included in the superfamily Somoholitoidea. So far, over 50 species have been described.

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GlaphyritinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ammonoidea
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Goniatitida
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 59 million years on record.

The record covers at least 335.9 Mya to 276.8 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 256 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 228 of 256 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 28 of 256 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 256 occurrences361–357 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences357–354 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences350–346 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences346–342 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences339–335 Mya — about 1 occurrence335–331 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences331–328 Mya — about 22 occurrences328–324 Mya — about 19 occurrences324–320 Mya — about 28 occurrences320–317 Mya — about 12 occurrences317–313 Mya — about 8 occurrences313–309 Mya — about 14 occurrences309–305 Mya — about 18 occurrences305–302 Mya — about 50 occurrences302–298 Mya — about 55 occurrences298–294 Mya — about 12 occurrences294–291 Mya — about 8 occurrences291–287 Mya — about 1 occurrence287–283 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences283–279 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences279–276 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences276–272 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences272–268 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences268–265 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences265–261 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences261–257 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences257–253 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences253–250 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences335.9 Mya276.8 Mya361 Mya250 Mya

256 occurrences of Glaphyrites on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

256 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

51 formations

Graham — 31.80°N, 99.10°WGraham — 32.72°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.00°N, 98.68°WGraham — 31.39°N, 99.36°WGraham — 33.28°N, 98.10°WGraham — 33.19°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.17°N, 98.15°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WGraham — 33.05°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.14°N, 99.18°WFayetteville — 36.06°N, 94.13°WFayetteville — 36.03°N, 94.17°WFayetteville — 36.05°N, 94.18°WFayetteville — 35.67°N, 91.66°WFayetteville — 35.90°N, 92.62°WFayetteville — 36.04°N, 92.76°WFayetteville — 35.99°N, 93.18°WFayetteville — 35.98°N, 94.36°WFayetteville — 35.74°N, 91.76°WFayetteville — 35.64°N, 91.51°WFayetteville — 35.89°N, 92.90°WFayetteville — 35.89°N, 92.80°WFayetteville — 35.75°N, 94.39°WCherokee — 38.51°N, 94.00°WCherokee — 38.50°N, 94.06°WCherokee — 38.45°N, 93.69°WCherokee — 37.80°N, 94.61°WCherokee — 39.05°N, 92.33°WCherokee — 38.42°N, 93.79°WCherokee — 38.33°N, 93.89°WCherokee — 38.36°N, 93.89°WWitts Springs — 36.19°N, 93.20°WWitts Springs — 35.79°N, 92.87°WWitts Springs — 35.82°N, 92.81°WWitts Springs — 35.83°N, 93.13°WWitts Springs — 35.53°N, 92.00°WBloyd Shale — 35.77°N, 94.38°WBloyd Shale — 36.13°N, 93.35°WBloyd Shale — 35.89°N, 94.17°WBloyd Shale — 35.79°N, 94.24°WLenox Hills — 30.25°N, 103.35°WGaptank — 30.35°N, 103.13°WGaptank — 30.50°N, 103.00°WGaptank — 30.36°N, 103.13°WGraford — 33.22°N, 97.75°WGraford — 32.85°N, 98.35°WGraford — 32.85°N, 98.38°WBarnett — 30.67°N, 99.35°WBarnett — 31.16°N, 98.69°WBarnett — 30.64°N, 98.55°WBarnett — 31.21°N, 98.32°WWewoka — 35.02°N, 96.38°WWewoka — 35.72°N, 96.00°WWann — 36.57°N, 95.98°WWann — 36.53°N, 95.98°WWann — 36.92°N, 95.81°WHale — 36.06°N, 94.15°WHale — 35.89°N, 94.17°WNeal Ranch — 30.36°N, 103.13°WHertha — 39.76°N, 93.80°WHertha — 37.66°N, 94.87°WIola — 43.26°N, 93.63°WIola — 36.14°N, 96.24°WCaton Shales — 54.00°N, 2.83°WPanther Seep — 35.08°N, 106.65°WHueco — 31.67°N, 105.90°WBazardarian — 38.02°N, 74.21°EMagdalena — 31.73°N, 105.88°WMagdalena — 31.50°N, 104.95°WMillsap Lake — 32.51°N, 98.27°WMillsap Lake — 32.42°N, 98.42°WJohns Valley — 34.78°N, 94.04°WCoffeyville — 36.34°N, 95.83°WKlyuchiki — 56.42°N, 61.81°E

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The named rock units Glaphyrites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 27 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 77 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Glaphyrites and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Glaphyrites and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

879 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 234 sites for Glaphyrites, 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

37 references

Each of the 256 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. 25 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

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No picture of Glaphyrites was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

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

No 3D scan of Glaphyrites 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.

The description on this site

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Ruzhencev 1936)