Megastrophia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StrophodontidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Strophomenida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Strophomenida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Strophomenida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Strophomenata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 56 million years on record.

The record covers at least 438.6 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 372.15 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 243 occurrencesSilurian — about 79 of 243 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 164 of 243 occurrencesDevonian445–442 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences442–440 Mya — about 4 occurrences440–437 Mya — about 8 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 8 occurrences435–432 Mya — about 14 occurrences432–430 Mya — about 26 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 11 occurrences427–425 Mya — about 4 occurrences425–422 Mya — about 1 occurrence422–420 Mya — about 1 occurrence420–417 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences417–415 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences415–413 Mya — about 3 occurrences413–410 Mya — about 11 occurrences410–408 Mya — about 7 occurrences408–405 Mya — about 7 occurrences405–403 Mya — about 7 occurrences403–400 Mya — about 7 occurrences400–398 Mya — about 6 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 6 occurrences395–393 Mya — about 9 occurrences393–390 Mya — about 17 occurrences390–388 Mya — about 17 occurrences388–385 Mya — about 28 occurrences385–383 Mya — about 28 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 9 occurrences381–378 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences378–376 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences376–373 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences373–371 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences438.6 Mya382.31 Mya445 Mya371 Mya

243 occurrences of Megastrophia 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

243 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

61 formations

Ludlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.84°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 75.71°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 76.47°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.25°WLudlowville — 42.74°N, 75.55°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.14°WOnondaga — 42.08°N, 73.97°WOnondaga — 42.26°N, 73.90°WOnondaga — 42.59°N, 74.93°WOnondaga — 42.55°N, 73.94°WOnondaga — 42.90°N, 76.02°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 42.00°N, 74.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 75.00°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 77.90°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.69°N, 76.74°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 76.03°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 75.18°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 75.57°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.57°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.33°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.95°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 42.33°N, 83.03°WSilica — 41.12°N, 84.85°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.18°N, 99.27°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 51.75°N, 98.58°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.24°N, 99.52°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.25°N, 100.00°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.70°N, 101.20°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 52.50°N, 100.00°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 53.30°N, 100.27°WCedar Lake Dolomite — 51.60°N, 98.70°WMcColley Canyon — 38.87°N, 117.92°WMcColley Canyon — 40.13°N, 116.10°WMcColley Canyon — 39.98°N, 116.27°WMcColley Canyon — 40.16°N, 116.06°WMcColley Canyon — 39.93°N, 116.30°WMcColley Canyon — 39.60°N, 116.26°WMcColley Canyon — 39.67°N, 116.39°WRacine — 43.04°N, 87.91°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WRacine — 42.73°N, 87.78°WRacine — 42.88°N, 88.04°WRacine — 43.01°N, 88.38°WRochester — 43.19°N, 77.56°WRochester — 43.23°N, 77.21°WRochester — 43.22°N, 77.02°WRochester — 43.19°N, 76.91°WRochester — 43.22°N, 76.81°WRochester — 43.26°N, 76.70°WRochester — 43.25°N, 76.64°WYukiang — 22.88°N, 108.87°EYukiang — 22.70°N, 109.22°ETully — 42.79°N, 75.80°WTully — 42.53°N, 76.53°WTully — 42.53°N, 76.59°WAmherstburg — 43.98°N, 81.28°WIrondequoit — 43.16°N, 79.05°WIrondequoit — 43.20°N, 77.62°WIrondequoit — 43.21°N, 76.88°WIrondequoit — 43.24°N, 76.80°WIrondequoit — 43.26°N, 76.70°WReynales — 43.16°N, 79.05°WReynales — 43.21°N, 78.51°WReynales — 43.20°N, 77.62°WReynales — 43.23°N, 77.33°WHerkimer — 43.12°N, 75.60°WHerkimer — 43.06°N, 75.40°WHerkimer — 43.04°N, 75.36°WHerkimer — 43.03°N, 75.28°WBird Fiord — 76.63°N, 88.46°WBird Fiord — 76.62°N, 88.40°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°WScotch Grove — 41.90°N, 90.60°WDelorme — 62.38°N, 127.00°WFisher Branch Dolomite — 51.08°N, 97.62°WFisher Branch Dolomite — 53.18°N, 99.27°WFisher Branch Dolomite — 50.13°N, 97.32°WSalairka Horizon — 54.28°N, 85.93°EShanda Horizon — 54.28°N, 85.93°ERabbit Hill Limestone — 40.13°N, 116.40°WRabbit Hill Limestone — 39.20°N, 116.42°WInwood — 53.17°N, 99.28°WFloresta-Labateca — 5.85°N, 72.88°WStooping River — 51.00°N, 81.50°W

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The named rock units Megastrophia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 37 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 9 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Megastrophia and its relatives

Devonian

Where Megastrophia and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

1,551 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 207 sites for Megastrophia, 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

58 references

Each of the 243 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. 46 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

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No picture of Megastrophia was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Megastrophia, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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. Caster 1939