Monograptus

Monograptus is a genus of graptolites in the order Graptoloidea.

Monograptus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MonograptidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Graptoloidea
Life habit
planktonicPBDB, for Graptoloidea
Motility
passively mobilePBDB, for Graptoloidea
Vision
blindPBDB, for Graptolithina

Time the record covers

At least 49 million years on record.

The record covers at least 459.7 Mya to 410.62 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 461 Mya to 382.31 Mya.

Ordovician — about 6 of 834 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 644 of 834 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 184 of 834 occurrencesDevonian463–460 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences460–457 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences457–454 Mya — about 2 occurrences454–452 Mya — about 2 occurrences452–449 Mya — about 1 occurrence443–441 Mya — about 37 occurrences441–438 Mya — about 113 occurrences438–435 Mya — about 109 occurrences435–433 Mya — about 101 occurrences433–430 Mya — about 43 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 33 occurrences427–424 Mya — about 73 occurrences424–422 Mya — about 83 occurrences422–419 Mya — about 66 occurrences419–416 Mya — about 53 occurrences416–413 Mya — about 53 occurrences413–411 Mya — about 35 occurrences411–408 Mya — about 6 occurrences408–405 Mya — about 5 occurrences405–403 Mya — about 5 occurrences403–400 Mya — about 5 occurrences400–397 Mya — about 4 occurrences397–394 Mya — about 4 occurrences394–392 Mya — about 1 occurrence392–389 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences389–386 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences386–383 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences383–381 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences459.7 Mya410.62 Mya463 Mya381 Mya

834 occurrences of Monograptus 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

834 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

117 formations

Road River — 62.64°N, 124.97°WRoad River — 68.17°N, 137.00°WRoad River — 66.73°N, 135.77°WRoad River — 66.60°N, 135.55°WRoad River — 65.93°N, 135.90°WRoad River — 65.47°N, 138.22°WRoad River — 64.76°N, 135.17°WRoad River — 65.38°N, 134.18°WRoad River — 65.05°N, 135.15°WRoad River — 65.28°N, 135.70°WRoad River — 65.48°N, 139.15°WRoad River — 64.92°N, 139.58°WRoad River — 66.17°N, 136.08°WRoad River — 66.42°N, 135.52°WRoad River — 67.57°N, 138.17°WRoad River — 68.40°N, 138.12°WRoad River — 64.92°N, 140.99°WRoad River — 65.40°N, 137.38°WOued Ali — 29.00°N, 3.00°WOued Ali — 29.55°N, 2.13°WOued Ali — 29.65°N, 2.28°WOued Ali — 29.75°N, 2.28°WOued Ali — 30.02°N, 2.08°WWindmill Limestone — 39.93°N, 116.48°WWindmill Limestone — 40.04°N, 116.46°WPozary — 49.93°N, 14.18°EPozary — 50.00°N, 14.35°EPozary — 49.95°N, 12.93°EPozary — 50.03°N, 14.42°EPozary — 50.08°N, 14.47°ERoad River — 65.02°N, 141.21°WRoad River — 65.35°N, 141.05°WRoad River — 65.27°N, 141.63°WRoad River — 64.95°N, 141.04°WHenryhouse — 35.08°N, 98.24°WHenryhouse — 34.34°N, 97.14°WHenryhouse — 34.44°N, 97.19°WHenryhouse — 34.41°N, 97.14°WMotol — 49.95°N, 12.93°EMotol — 50.00°N, 17.78°EMotol — 50.07°N, 14.33°EMotol — 50.05°N, 14.37°EJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.62°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.60°WJupiter — 49.50°N, 63.00°WJupiter — 49.22°N, 63.05°WDescon — 55.63°N, 133.57°WDescon — 55.52°N, 133.30°WDescon — 55.50°N, 133.62°WLochkov — 49.50°N, 14.33°ELochkov — 49.93°N, 14.18°ELochkov — 50.00°N, 14.35°ERoberts Mountain — 40.04°N, 116.46°WKopanina — 50.08°N, 14.47°EKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.35°ELalei — 22.22°N, 99.62°ELalei — 22.72°N, 99.62°EJenhochiao — 24.77°N, 99.15°ETurkparidinskaya — 39.00°N, 69.00°EPerham — 46.68°N, 68.02°WTiounkeline Shale — 26.10°N, 3.48°ELiangquan — 31.00°N, 88.00°ELiangquan — 28.15°N, 85.98°EWilliamson — 43.18°N, 77.62°WWilliamson — 43.23°N, 77.21°WWilliamson — 43.23°N, 76.98°WWilliamson — 43.23°N, 76.30°WWilliamson — 43.24°N, 76.14°WPhi Kappa — 43.85°N, 114.18°WTurkparida — 39.23°N, 67.40°ESunday Canyon — 36.96°N, 118.09°WSunday Canyon — 36.95°N, 118.09°WWilliamson Shale — 43.22°N, 77.19°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 78.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 77.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 76.00°WWilliamson Shale — 43.00°N, 75.00°WCape Phillips — 73.38°N, 99.07°WCape Phillips — 75.87°N, 94.58°W

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The named rock units Monograptus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 93 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 326 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Monograptus and its relatives

Silurian

Where Monograptus and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

1,180 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 359 sites for Monograptus, and this reads 240 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

116 references

Each of the 834 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. 104 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 content3

Picture of Monograptus

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.5 es
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Photogrammetry

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
monograptus clintonensis · MST:PALEO:MST-SP-6227

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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.