Kettneraspis

Kettneraspis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OdontopleurinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Odontopleuridae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Odontopleuridae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 63 million years on record.

The record covers at least 445.5 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 451 Mya to 372.15 Mya.

Ordovician — about 2 of 84 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 39 of 84 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 43 of 84 occurrencesDevonian453–450 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences450–447 Mya — about 1 occurrence447–444 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 4 occurrences442–439 Mya — about 8 occurrences439–436 Mya — about 4 occurrences436–433 Mya — about 3 occurrences433–431 Mya — about 7 occurrences431–428 Mya — about 6 occurrences428–425 Mya — about 4 occurrences425–423 Mya — about 2 occurrences423–420 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences420–417 Mya — about 2 occurrences417–414 Mya — about 2 occurrences414–412 Mya — about 2 occurrences412–409 Mya — about 2 occurrences409–406 Mya — about 2 occurrences406–403 Mya — about 2 occurrences403–401 Mya — about 2 occurrences401–398 Mya — about 3 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 3 occurrences395–392 Mya — about 5 occurrences392–390 Mya — about 9 occurrences390–387 Mya — about 6 occurrences387–384 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences384–382 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences382–379 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences379–376 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences376–373 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences373–371 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences445.5 Mya382.31 Mya453 Mya371 Mya

84 occurrences of Kettneraspis 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

84 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

30 formations

Cape Phillips — 75.10°N, 94.00°WCape Phillips — 75.00°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 74.10°N, 94.00°WJupiter — 49.51°N, 63.63°WJupiter — 49.56°N, 63.35°WJupiter — 49.24°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.19°N, 62.41°WJupiter — 49.26°N, 62.29°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.16°WBecscie — 49.80°N, 64.42°WOhle — 51.29°N, 8.04°EOhle — 51.28°N, 8.08°EZlichov Limestone — 50.00°N, 14.00°EZlichov Limestone — 49.50°N, 14.33°EHughley Shales — 52.67°N, 2.00°WHughley Shales — 52.46°N, 2.85°WAhrdorf — 50.22°N, 6.70°EJemelle — 50.16°N, 5.26°EJemelle — 50.05°N, 4.47°EHaragan — 34.50°N, 96.50°WBlue Fiord — 76.00°N, 99.00°WBlue Fiord — 77.00°N, 90.00°WPabos — 48.53°N, 64.29°WBicken-Ense — 50.60°N, 8.25°EBois d'Arc — 34.50°N, 96.50°WDaleje-Trebotov — 49.92°N, 14.07°EDaleje Shale — 50.04°N, 14.39°ELos Espejos — 30.00°S, 69.00°WRahal Shale — 34.03°N, 6.85°WFloresta-Labateca — 5.85°N, 72.88°WCatavi — 15.50°S, 68.00°WSinelnikov — 72.00°N, 52.00°EWood Burn Grits — 55.25°N, 4.76°WSlite — 57.31°N, 18.07°EHalla — 57.28°N, 18.13°ESt. Clair Limestone — 35.77°N, 91.63°W

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The named rock units Kettneraspis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 6 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 11 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Kettneraspis and its relatives

Devonian

Where Kettneraspis and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

764 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 76 sites for Kettneraspis, 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

31 references

Each of the 84 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. 19 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 Kettneraspis

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CC0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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CC Attribution
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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. Prantl and Pribyl 1949