Loxoplocus

Loxoplocus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LophospiridaePBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB, for Murchisoniina
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Murchisoniina
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Murchisoniina
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Murchisoniina
Environment
coastal,marinePBDB, for Murchisoniina

Time the record covers

At least 46 million years on record.

The record covers at least 471.3 Mya to 425 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 475.3 Mya to 422.7 Mya.

Ordovician — about 57 of 95 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 38 of 95 occurrencesSilurian476–475 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences475–473 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences469–467 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences465–464 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences464–462 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences462–460 Mya — about 4 occurrences460–458 Mya — about 1 occurrence458–456 Mya — about 5 occurrences456–454 Mya — about 6 occurrences454–453 Mya — about 8 occurrences453–451 Mya — about 11 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 13 occurrences449–447 Mya — about 2 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 2 occurrences445–444 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 5 occurrences442–440 Mya — about 5 occurrences440–438 Mya — about 3 occurrences438–436 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences436–434 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences434–433 Mya — about 2 occurrences433–431 Mya — about 7 occurrences431–429 Mya — about 1 occurrence429–427 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences427–425 Mya — about 8 occurrences425–423 Mya — about 4 occurrences423–422 Mya — about 1 occurrence471.3 Mya425 Mya476 Mya422 Mya

95 occurrences of Loxoplocus 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

95 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

40 formations

Martinsburg — 37.38°N, 80.86°WMartinsburg — 36.90°N, 81.53°WMartinsburg — 37.35°N, 80.81°WGuelph — 43.68°N, 80.43°WGuelph — 43.34°N, 80.32°WGuelph — 44.18°N, 80.82°WGuelph — 43.43°N, 80.31°WKhaastyrka — 67.32°N, 103.85°EKhaastyrka — 67.33°N, 104.85°EKhaastyrka — 67.34°N, 103.88°ELexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.77°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WDzerom — 67.37°N, 104.10°ELexington Ls — 37.65°N, 84.77°WLexington Ls — 38.03°N, 84.84°WVäo — 59.42°N, 24.75°EVäo — 59.29°N, 23.39°ETrenton — 36.70°N, 83.29°WKopanina — 49.97°N, 14.17°EKopanina — 49.96°N, 14.10°EBeechhill Cove — 45.62°N, 61.97°WBeechhill Cove — 45.58°N, 62.65°WSlite Beds — 57.72°N, 18.80°ESlite Beds — 57.75°N, 18.73°EDenley Limestone — 43.88°N, 75.49°WUpper Visby — 57.50°N, 18.55°EVenstøp — 59.07°N, 9.70°ESaunja — 59.13°N, 24.47°ESaunja — 59.21°N, 25.10°ENicolet River — 45.66°N, 72.93°WKõrgessaare — 59.02°N, 23.14°EKõrgessaare — 59.00°N, 22.77°EMoyerokan — 67.34°N, 104.10°EHemse Beds — 57.28°N, 18.32°EClays Ferry — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington — 37.65°N, 84.77°WPurple Shale — 52.00°N, 3.00°WXiushan — 26.58°N, 107.92°EWah Wah — 38.85°N, 113.46°W

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The named rock units Loxoplocus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed.

Loxoplocus and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Loxoplocus and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

996 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 87 sites for Loxoplocus, 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

28 references

Each of the 95 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. 16 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 Loxoplocus

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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

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. Fischer 1885