Microsphaeridiorhynchus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TrigonirhynchiinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Trigonirhynchiidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Trigonirhynchiidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Trigonirhynchiidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 21 million years on record.

The record covers at least 440.8 Mya to 419.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 358.86 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 136 occurrencesSilurian — about 130 of 136 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 6 of 136 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 136 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences442–439 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences439–436 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences436–433 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences433–430 Mya — about 20 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 19 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 41 occurrences424–421 Mya — about 36 occurrences421–419 Mya — about 12 occurrences419–416 Mya — about 2 occurrences416–413 Mya — about 1 occurrence413–410 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences410–407 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences407–404 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences404–401 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences401–398 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences395–392 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences392–389 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences389–386 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences386–383 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences381–378 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences378–375 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences375–372 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences372–369 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences369–366 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences366–363 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences363–360 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences360–357 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences440.8 Mya419.62 Mya445 Mya357 Mya

136 occurrences of Microsphaeridiorhynchus on record, most of them in the Silurian. 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

136 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

Much Wenlock — 53.00°N, 2.00°WMuch Wenlock — 52.03°N, 2.40°WMuch Wenlock — 52.00°N, 2.00°WMuch Wenlock — 52.02°N, 2.57°WMuch Wenlock — 51.72°N, 2.90°WMuch Wenlock — 52.60°N, 2.55°WMuch Wenlock — 52.50°N, 2.08°WSteinsfjorden — 68.79°N, 14.95°ESteinsfjorden — 60.17°N, 10.30°EUpper Bringewood — 52.00°N, 3.00°WOverton — 52.48°N, 2.63°WDubysa — 54.65°N, 23.03°EDubysa — 55.08°N, 25.42°EDubysa — 56.30°N, 23.80°ELapes — 55.25°N, 23.15°ELapes — 54.65°N, 23.03°ELapes — 55.22°N, 23.87°ELapes — 55.27°N, 24.81°EMinija — 55.25°N, 22.29°EMinija — 55.08°N, 25.42°EVievis — 55.67°N, 25.38°EVievis — 54.65°N, 23.03°EVievis — 55.22°N, 23.87°ELeintwardine — 52.37°N, 2.73°WLeintwardine — 52.00°N, 2.00°WLeintwardine — 51.88°N, 2.23°WEke Beds — 57.17°N, 18.38°ELuesma — 41.63°N, 0.88°WBirstonas — 55.67°N, 25.38°EBirstonas — 55.22°N, 23.87°EBirstonas — 55.27°N, 24.81°ESlite Beds — 57.72°N, 18.80°EKlinteberg Beds — 57.53°N, 18.43°EHemse Beds — 57.23°N, 18.37°EHemse Beds — 57.37°N, 18.69°EHamra Beds — 57.53°N, 18.43°ENevezis — 55.55°N, 24.10°ENevezis — 55.22°N, 23.87°EAlcolea — 40.40°N, 3.68°WLower Leintwardine — 52.00°N, 2.00°WLower Leintwardine — 52.00°N, 3.00°WWhitcliffe — 52.37°N, 2.72°WWhitcliffe — 51.88°N, 2.23°WBrinkmarsh Beds — 51.88°N, 2.23°WWhitcliffe Beds — 52.37°N, 2.73°WBringewood Beds — 51.90°N, 2.08°WUpper Visby — 57.63°N, 18.30°E

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The named rock units Microsphaeridiorhynchus 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. 23 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Microsphaeridiorhynchus and its relatives

Silurian

Where Microsphaeridiorhynchus and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

697 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 132 sites for Microsphaeridiorhynchus, 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

37 references

Each of the 136 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. 25 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

3D model

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Licence
CC Attribution
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No picture of Microsphaeridiorhynchus 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 Microsphaeridiorhynchus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Sartenaer 1970