Glyptorthis

Glyptorthis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GlyptorthidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Orthida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Orthida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Orthida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 468 Mya to 430.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 477.1 Mya to 426.7 Mya.

Ordovician — about 477 of 516 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 39 of 516 occurrencesSilurian478–476 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences476–475 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences475–473 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 3 occurrences469–468 Mya — about 4 occurrences468–466 Mya — about 4 occurrences466–464 Mya — about 4 occurrences464–462 Mya — about 4 occurrences462–461 Mya — about 10 occurrences461–459 Mya — about 25 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 36 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 57 occurrences455–454 Mya — about 56 occurrences454–452 Mya — about 54 occurrences452–450 Mya — about 61 occurrences450–448 Mya — about 66 occurrences448–447 Mya — about 38 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 33 occurrences445–443 Mya — about 19 occurrences443–441 Mya — about 10 occurrences441–440 Mya — about 11 occurrences440–438 Mya — about 8 occurrences438–436 Mya — about 2 occurrences436–434 Mya — about 2 occurrences434–433 Mya — about 2 occurrences433–431 Mya — about 2 occurrences431–429 Mya — about 1 occurrence429–427 Mya — about 1 occurrence427–426 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences468 Mya430.6 Mya478 Mya426 Mya

516 occurrences of Glyptorthis 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

516 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

171 formations

Benbolt — 35.91°N, 84.09°WBenbolt — 36.72°N, 82.68°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.34°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.02°N, 81.63°WBenbolt — 37.22°N, 81.36°WBenbolt — 37.23°N, 81.10°WBenbolt — 37.23°N, 81.32°WBenbolt — 37.08°N, 81.71°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.56°WBenbolt — 37.11°N, 81.52°WBenbolt — 37.27°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.67°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.48°N, 84.06°WWaynesville — 39.64°N, 84.64°WWaynesville — 39.08°N, 85.25°WWaynesville — 39.08°N, 85.25°WWaynesville — 39.19°N, 83.93°WWaynesville — 39.29°N, 83.99°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 85.20°WWaynesville — 39.36°N, 84.15°WWaynesville — 39.40°N, 84.56°WWaynesville — 39.42°N, 83.99°WWaynesville — 39.53°N, 84.47°WMangazea — 63.00°N, 95.00°EMangazea — 62.14°N, 91.56°EMangazea — 62.14°N, 91.49°EMangazea — 62.15°N, 91.43°EDolbor — 63.00°N, 95.00°EDolbor — 62.14°N, 91.56°EDolbor — 62.14°N, 91.49°EDolbor — 62.15°N, 91.43°EDolbor — 62.95°N, 108.60°EKangaroo Creek — 41.37°N, 122.69°WAdvance — 56.03°N, 123.35°WAdvance — 56.02°N, 123.53°WAdvance — 56.18°N, 123.45°WAdvance — 56.13°N, 123.45°WFfairfach Flags and Grits — 52.00°N, 4.00°WBenbolt-Wardell — 36.35°N, 83.42°WFlags and Grits — 52.00°N, 4.00°WDunleith — 42.00°N, 90.50°WBromide — 34.00°N, 97.00°WBromide — 34.53°N, 96.97°WBromide — 34.34°N, 97.11°WBromide — 34.08°N, 97.17°WBromide — 34.46°N, 96.52°WWardell — 37.00°N, 81.00°WWardell — 37.03°N, 81.79°WWardell — 37.02°N, 81.73°WWardell — 37.11°N, 81.52°WWardell — 37.10°N, 81.34°WWardell — 36.72°N, 82.68°WWenallt — 51.83°N, 3.58°WScales Shale — 44.98°N, 93.27°WScales Shale — 42.00°N, 90.50°WAnderken — 43.88°N, 75.55°EAnderken — 43.92°N, 75.48°EAnderken — 44.55°N, 74.85°EWhittaker — 62.00°N, 127.00°WWhittaker — 61.63°N, 125.73°WWhittaker — 61.72°N, 125.93°WWhittaker — 62.12°N, 126.68°WWhittaker — 63.10°N, 127.40°WSpy Wood Grit — 52.67°N, 2.00°WLexington Limestone — 38.22°N, 84.85°WLexington Limestone — 37.68°N, 84.76°WLebanon — 35.47°N, 86.80°WLebanon — 35.81°N, 86.13°WLebanon — 36.04°N, 86.35°WGeorgian Bay — 44.61°N, 80.59°WGeorgian Bay — 45.75°N, 81.60°WGeorgian Bay — 45.74°N, 81.82°WGeorgian Bay — 45.90°N, 82.25°WGeorgian Bay — 45.97°N, 81.93°WGeorgian Bay — 45.91°N, 82.46°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.81°N, 4.78°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.79°N, 4.54°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.81°N, 4.74°WSlade and Redhill Mudstone — 51.85°N, 4.96°WPierce Limestone — 35.97°N, 86.45°WPierce Limestone — 35.19°N, 86.85°WPierce Limestone — 35.94°N, 86.38°WPierce Limestone — 35.50°N, 86.50°WWeir — 48.32°N, 65.03°WArdwell Farm — 55.25°N, 4.85°WArdwell Farm — 55.18°N, 4.82°W

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The named rock units Glyptorthis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 147 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 50 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Glyptorthis and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Glyptorthis and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,571 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 496 sites for Glyptorthis, 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

128 references

Each of the 516 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. 116 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 Glyptorthis

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iDigBio
Credit
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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Glyptorthis 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.

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. (Foerste 1914)