Meekopora delicata
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On record
Recorded, not inferred- Sits inside
- MeekoporaPBDB
- Diet
- suspension feederPBDB, for Stenolaemata
- Life habit
- epifaunalPBDB, for Bryozoa
- Motility
- stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stenolaemata
- Vision
- blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
- Environment
- marinePBDB, for Lophophorata
Time the record covers
At least 10 million years on record.
The record covers at least 264.28 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 266.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya.
5 occurrences of Meekopora delicata on record, most of them in the Permian. 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
5 occurrences- Permian100%
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
2 formations
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The named rock units Meekopora delicata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.
Meekopora delicata and its relatives
PermianWhere Meekopora delicata and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.
Found in the same rock
18 taxa- Fistulipora labratula2 sites
- Fistuliramus bifidus2 sites
- Fistuliramus rhombigoniatus2 sites
- Fistulotrypa nyalamensis2 sites
- Meekopora prosseri2 sites
- Stenopora2 sites
- Capillomesolobus lissarensis1 site
- Contraspina purdoni1 site
- Costiferina indica1 site
- Elivina tibetana1 site
- Fistulipora lunatifera1 site
- Hinganella bella1 site
- Sinkiangopora nyalamensis1 site
- Spiriferella sinica1 site
- Stenopora punctata1 site
- Streblascopora dubia1 site
- Streblotrypa nyalamensis1 site
- Tachylasma stereoseptatum1 site
The Paleobiology Database records 5 sites for Meekopora delicata, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.
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
2 references- Bryozoan fossils from the Mount Qomolangma Region3
- Carboniferous and Early Permian bryozoans from Xainza, northern Xizang2
Each of the 5 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.
Media and terms
Media content0
No picture of Meekopora delicata was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.
Wikipedia and 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 Meekopora delicata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.
No 3D scan of Meekopora delicata was found in Sketchfab.
Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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.
Keep going
What may have been alongside itMeekopora through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on
Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Sakagami 1961