Metaplasia

Metaplasia

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 36 million years on record.

The record covers at least 426.7 Mya to 390.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 432.9 Mya to 385.9 Mya.

Silurian — about 13 of 58 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 45 of 58 occurrencesDevonian434–432 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences432–431 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences431–429 Mya — about 1 occurrence429–427 Mya — about 1 occurrence427–426 Mya — about 2 occurrences426–424 Mya — about 3 occurrences424–422 Mya — about 3 occurrences422–421 Mya — about 1 occurrence421–419 Mya — about 3 occurrences419–418 Mya — about 8 occurrences418–416 Mya — about 4 occurrences416–414 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences414–413 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences413–411 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences411–409 Mya — about 2 occurrences409–408 Mya — about 2 occurrences408–406 Mya — about 2 occurrences406–405 Mya — about 2 occurrences405–403 Mya — about 2 occurrences403–401 Mya — about 2 occurrences401–400 Mya — about 2 occurrences400–398 Mya — about 2 occurrences398–396 Mya — about 2 occurrences396–395 Mya — about 2 occurrences395–393 Mya — about 2 occurrences393–391 Mya — about 2 occurrences391–390 Mya — about 2 occurrences390–388 Mya — about 2 occurrences388–387 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences387–385 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences426.7 Mya390.5 Mya433.8 Mya385 Mya

58 occurrences of Metaplasia 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

58 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

19 formations

Roberts Mountain — 39.94°N, 116.32°WKopanina — 50.08°N, 14.47°EKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.35°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°EKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.00°EBelen — 17.08°S, 68.00°WBelen — 17.00°S, 68.00°WRoberts Mountains — 39.94°N, 116.32°WRoberts Mountains — 39.90°N, 116.36°WIcla — 19.17°S, 64.92°WIcla — 17.83°S, 64.78°WIcla — 18.93°S, 64.93°WMcColley Canyon — 40.13°N, 116.10°WMcColley Canyon — 40.16°N, 116.06°WMcColley Canyon — 39.93°N, 116.30°WHuamampampa — 19.17°S, 64.92°WHuamampampa — 17.24°S, 66.53°WHuamampampa — 18.79°S, 67.52°WSica Sica — 16.00°S, 69.00°WMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°ETalacasto — 30.00°S, 68.00°WProngs Creek — 65.40°N, 134.12°WAmherstburg — 43.98°N, 81.28°WDaleje-Třebotov — 49.92°N, 14.07°ERoad River — 65.00°N, 136.00°WWhittaker — 62.00°N, 127.00°WPunta Negra — 30.50°S, 68.50°WGarra — 32.58°S, 148.95°EEsopus — 42.33°N, 74.17°WRoad River and /or Delorme — 64.00°N, 133.00°W

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The named rock units Metaplasia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Metaplasia and its relatives

Devonian

Where Metaplasia and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

512 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 55 sites for Metaplasia, 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

22 references

Each of the 58 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. 10 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 Metaplasia

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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What may have been alongside itAmbocoeliinae through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.