Lingulata

Lingulata is a class of brachiopods, among the oldest of all brachiopods having existed since the Cambrian period. They are also among the most morphologically conservative of the brachiopods, having lasted from their earliest appearance to the present with very little change in shape. Shells of living specimens found today in the waters around Japan are almost identical to ancient Cambrian fossils.

Lingulata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LinguliformeaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Vision
blindPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 520 million years on record.

The record covers at least 521 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 538.8 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Cambrian — about 2335 of 8100 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 2929 of 8100 occurrencesSilurian — about 469 of 8100 occurrencesDevonian — about 572 of 8100 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 474 of 8100 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 370 of 8100 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 332 of 8100 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 122 of 8100 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 41 of 8100 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 106 of 8100 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 20 of 8100 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 71 of 8100 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 35 of 8100 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 91 of 8100 occurrencesPaleocene — about 2 of 8100 occurrencesEocene — about 22 of 8100 occurrencesOligocene — about 14 of 8100 occurrencesMiocene — about 61 of 8100 occurrencesPliocene — about 27 of 8100 occurrencesPleistocene — about 8 of 8100 occurrences550–531 Mya — about 32 occurrences531–513 Mya — about 524 occurrences513–495 Mya — about 1232 occurrences495–476 Mya — about 1029 occurrences476–458 Mya — about 1297 occurrences458–440 Mya — about 1232 occurrences440–421 Mya — about 360 occurrences421–403 Mya — about 144 occurrences403–385 Mya — about 250 occurrences385–366 Mya — about 154 occurrences366–348 Mya — about 103 occurrences348–330 Mya — about 154 occurrences330–311 Mya — about 117 occurrences311–293 Mya — about 186 occurrences293–275 Mya — about 63 occurrences275–256 Mya — about 163 occurrences256–238 Mya — about 552 occurrences238–220 Mya — about 35 occurrences220–202 Mya — about 16 occurrences202–183 Mya — about 84 occurrences183–165 Mya — about 38 occurrences165–147 Mya — about 44 occurrences147–128 Mya — about 43 occurrences128–110 Mya — about 12 occurrences110–92 Mya — about 47 occurrences92–73 Mya — about 38 occurrences73–55 Mya — about 22 occurrences55–37 Mya — about 15 occurrences37–18 Mya — about 33 occurrences18–0 Mya — about 82 occurrences521 Mya129 ka550 Mya0 Mya

8,100 occurrences of Lingulata on record, most of them in the Ordovician. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

8,100 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

1340 formations

Bestogai — 43.53°N, 69.95°EBestogai — 43.62°N, 69.94°EBestogai — 43.63°N, 69.99°EZhumabai — 43.53°N, 69.95°EValhallfonna — 79.00°N, 18.00°EValhallfonna — 79.85°N, 17.67°EForteau — 49.60°N, 57.83°WForteau — 49.52°N, 57.71°WForteau — 51.02°N, 56.81°WForteau — 51.47°N, 56.84°WForteau — 51.00°N, 56.66°WForteau — 50.98°N, 56.85°WForteau — 49.52°N, 57.82°WSecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WDeadwood — 43.85°N, 103.36°WDeadwood — 44.42°N, 103.71°WDeadwood — 47.42°N, 105.59°WDeadwood — 47.15°N, 110.22°WDeadwood — 47.98°N, 102.92°WDeadwood — 43.58°N, 103.55°WDeadwood — 43.53°N, 103.43°WDeadwood — 43.85°N, 103.34°WDeadwood — 44.35°N, 104.00°WDeadwood — 43.82°N, 103.77°WDeadwood — 43.72°N, 103.67°WDeadwood — 44.25°N, 103.38°WDeadwood — 43.53°N, 103.55°WDeadwood — 43.05°N, 103.05°WDeadwood — 46.87°N, 103.30°WDeadwood — 46.83°N, 104.15°WTindall Limestone — 13.33°S, 130.63°ETindall Limestone — 13.50°S, 131.07°ETindall Limestone — 13.88°S, 131.15°ETindall Limestone — 13.82°S, 131.35°ETindall Limestone — 14.25°S, 131.38°ETindall Limestone — 14.50°S, 132.17°ETindall Limestone — 14.42°S, 132.33°ETindall Limestone — 13.68°S, 131.33°ETindall Limestone — 13.55°S, 131.18°ETindall Limestone — 13.92°S, 131.02°ETindall Limestone — 14.00°S, 131.02°ETindall Limestone — 13.80°S, 131.00°ERiley — 30.64°N, 99.26°WRiley — 30.92°N, 98.61°WRiley — 30.81°N, 98.28°WRiley — 30.91°N, 99.00°WRiley — 30.76°N, 99.41°WRiley — 30.54°N, 99.09°WRiley — 30.49°N, 98.52°WRiley — 30.81°N, 98.37°WRiley — 30.62°N, 98.51°WRiley — 30.90°N, 98.43°WRiley — 30.36°N, 98.47°WRorrington Beds — 52.67°N, 2.00°WMernmerna Formation — 30.72°S, 139.18°EMernmerna Formation — 31.85°S, 140.63°EMernmerna Formation — 31.00°S, 139.26°EMernmerna Formation — 31.01°S, 139.24°E"Dolodrook River Limestone" — 37.60°S, 146.63°EMoscow — 42.70°N, 76.75°WMoscow — 42.88°N, 78.42°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.82°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 78.68°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 77.90°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 76.03°WMoscow — 42.72°N, 76.44°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.70°WMoscow — 42.56°N, 74.58°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.73°WMoscow — 42.79°N, 76.15°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.66°N, 75.38°WMoscow — 42.69°N, 75.60°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 75.48°WMoscow — 42.60°N, 74.95°WMoscow — 42.55°N, 74.82°WMoscow — 42.52°N, 74.86°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.33°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.95°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.57°WMoscow — 42.47°N, 74.47°WJonstorp — 58.36°N, 25.57°EVolkhov — 59.97°N, 32.57°EMeadowtown Beds — 52.67°N, 2.00°WDaye — 26.61°N, 107.22°EDaye — 30.30°N, 106.85°EDaye — 30.49°N, 107.00°EDaye — 29.71°N, 113.93°EDaye — 26.58°N, 106.62°EDaye — 26.38°N, 105.92°EDaye — 25.59°N, 106.65°EDaye — 25.58°N, 106.76°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.67°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.76°EDaye — 30.17°N, 109.00°EEmanuel — 18.65°S, 125.92°EÜlgase — 59.43°N, 24.73°EÜlgase — 59.46°N, 24.91°EÜlgase — 59.48°N, 25.02°EÜlgase — 59.48°N, 25.34°EÜlgase — 59.51°N, 25.50°EÜlgase — 59.45°N, 25.67°EÜlgase — 59.34°N, 26.52°EÜlgase — 59.49°N, 25.09°EÜlgase — 59.43°N, 24.99°EHouse — 38.88°N, 113.44°WHouse — 39.05°N, 113.38°WHouse — 38.87°N, 113.35°WHouse — 38.70°N, 113.52°WPhosphoria — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPhosphoria — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPhosphoria — 47.06°N, 109.43°WPhosphoria — 44.00°N, 114.00°WPhosphoria — 42.32°N, 111.24°WPhosphoria — 44.76°N, 112.30°WPhosphoria — 42.26°N, 111.01°WPhosphoria — 41.06°N, 111.54°WPhosphoria — 41.65°N, 111.10°WPhosphoria — 42.09°N, 110.93°WPhosphoria — 41.45°N, 111.39°WPhosphoria — 42.67°N, 108.68°WPhosphoria — 43.66°N, 111.33°WPhosphoria — 43.19°N, 109.16°WBurgess Shale — 51.44°N, 116.47°WBurgess Shale — 51.03°N, 115.83°WBurgess Shale — 51.39°N, 116.43°WMalongulli — 33.55°S, 148.85°EMalongulli — 34.00°S, 148.00°EMalongulli — 33.10°S, 148.87°EMalongulli — 33.54°S, 148.89°EMalongulli — 33.56°S, 148.85°EMalongulli — 33.21°S, 148.87°EKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WFillmore — 38.87°N, 113.35°WFillmore — 38.78°N, 113.65°W

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The named rock units Lingulata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1,316 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 702 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lingulata and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Lingulata and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,903 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,343 sites for Lingulata, 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

1,205 references

Each of the 8,100 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. 1,193 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 Lingulata

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Gorjansky and Popov 1985