Orbiculoidea

Orbiculoidea

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 326 million years on record.

The record covers at least 469.4 Mya to 143.1 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 478.8 Mya to 137.05 Mya.

Ordovician — about 106 of 896 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 71 of 896 occurrencesDevonian — about 214 of 896 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 239 of 896 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 193 of 896 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 25 of 896 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 10 of 896 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 2 of 896 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 4 of 896 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 1 of 896 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 30 of 896 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 1 of 896 occurrences486–474 Mya — about 2 occurrences474–462 Mya — about 10 occurrences462–450 Mya — about 49 occurrences450–438 Mya — about 56 occurrences438–426 Mya — about 28 occurrences426–415 Mya — about 62 occurrences415–403 Mya — about 33 occurrences403–391 Mya — about 35 occurrences391–379 Mya — about 87 occurrences379–367 Mya — about 12 occurrences367–355 Mya — about 26 occurrences355–343 Mya — about 23 occurrences343–332 Mya — about 43 occurrences332–320 Mya — about 41 occurrences320–308 Mya — about 58 occurrences308–296 Mya — about 77 occurrences296–284 Mya — about 21 occurrences284–272 Mya — about 25 occurrences272–261 Mya — about 61 occurrences261–249 Mya — about 96 occurrences249–237 Mya — about 14 occurrences237–225 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences213–201 Mya — about 1 occurrence201–189 Mya — about 1 occurrence189–178 Mya — about 2 occurrences178–166 Mya — about 1 occurrence166–154 Mya — about 2 occurrences154–142 Mya — about 28 occurrences142–130 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences469.4 Mya143.1 Mya486 Mya130 Mya

896 occurrences of Orbiculoidea on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

896 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

333 formations

Phosphoria — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPhosphoria — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPhosphoria — 47.06°N, 109.43°WPhosphoria — 44.00°N, 114.00°WPhosphoria — 42.32°N, 111.24°WPhosphoria — 42.26°N, 111.01°WPhosphoria — 41.06°N, 111.54°WPhosphoria — 41.65°N, 111.10°WPhosphoria — 42.09°N, 110.93°WPhosphoria — 41.45°N, 111.39°WPhosphoria — 42.67°N, 108.68°WPhosphoria — 43.19°N, 109.16°WKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WSecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WGraham — 33.02°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 33.03°N, 98.65°WGraham — 31.50°N, 99.37°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.26°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.19°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.17°N, 98.16°WGraham — 33.10°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.12°N, 98.51°WMoscow — 42.70°N, 76.75°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.82°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 78.68°WMoscow — 42.72°N, 76.44°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.73°WMoscow — 42.79°N, 76.15°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 76.03°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.69°N, 75.60°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 75.48°WMoscow — 42.60°N, 74.95°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.57°WMoscow — 42.80°N, 77.25°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.95°WMoscow — 42.47°N, 74.47°WLongtan — 26.50°N, 105.52°ELongtan — 26.25°N, 107.50°ELongtan — 26.14°N, 105.28°ELongtan — 26.15°N, 105.29°EPark City — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPark City — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPark City — 47.06°N, 109.43°WPark City — 44.00°N, 114.00°WPark City — 43.19°N, 109.16°WPark City — 43.54°N, 108.70°WCherokee Shale — 37.60°N, 94.68°WCherokee Shale — 37.32°N, 94.93°WCherokee Shale — 37.17°N, 95.11°WCherokee Shale — 37.04°N, 95.17°WCherokee Shale — 37.07°N, 95.11°WCherokee Shale — 37.84°N, 94.35°WCherokee Shale — 37.42°N, 94.77°WCherokee Shale — 37.27°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.60°N, 94.62°WGeneseo — 42.67°N, 75.59°WGeneseo — 42.66°N, 75.40°WGeneseo — 42.62°N, 75.37°WGeneseo — 42.66°N, 76.71°WGeneseo — 42.57°N, 75.25°WGeneseo — 42.52°N, 75.01°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 75.77°WPonta Grossa — 24.25°S, 49.70°WPonta Grossa — 26.07°S, 52.58°WPonta Grossa — 25.08°S, 50.15°WPonta Grossa — 24.50°S, 50.40°WPonta Grossa — 25.43°S, 50.40°WCopacabana — 15.87°S, 68.92°WCopacabana — 16.08°S, 69.11°WManacapuru — 3.13°S, 51.78°WManacapuru — 3.18°S, 51.85°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.91°N, 95.91°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.18°N, 96.60°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.39°N, 96.40°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.36°N, 96.06°WRed Eagle Limestone — 38.83°N, 96.10°WForaker Limestone — 39.85°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.19°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.91°N, 95.91°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.40°WForaker Limestone — 38.72°N, 96.16°WForaker Limestone — 38.02°N, 96.28°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.90°N, 78.22°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 77.90°WCabaniss — 37.49°N, 94.57°WCabaniss — 37.59°N, 89.70°WCabaniss — 38.64°N, 90.42°WCabaniss — 38.10°N, 94.36°WCabaniss — 38.28°N, 93.98°WCabaniss — 38.47°N, 93.87°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WKope — 39.06°N, 84.44°WDawan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 119.00°EDawan — 30.89°N, 111.41°ESappington — 46.01°N, 112.54°WSappington — 47.11°N, 110.81°WSappington — 46.83°N, 111.63°WSappington — 45.93°N, 111.32°WSappington — 45.78°N, 111.81°WBedford Shale — 41.38°N, 81.56°WBedford Shale — 41.50°N, 81.70°WNew Albany Shale — 38.48°N, 85.75°WNew Albany Shale — 38.50°N, 85.59°WNew Albany Shale — 38.67°N, 85.67°WNew Albany Shale — 39.00°N, 86.00°WTangxiang — 22.00°N, 108.00°ETangxiang — 22.52°N, 107.98°EJoslin Hill — 43.21°N, 75.46°WGydo — 33.30°S, 21.83°EGydo — 33.52°S, 24.74°EGydo — 32.64°S, 19.41°EGydo — 32.18°S, 18.90°E

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The named rock units Orbiculoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 309 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 91 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Orbiculoidea and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Orbiculoidea and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

1,752 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 797 sites for Orbiculoidea, 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

309 references

Each of the 896 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. 297 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 Orbiculoidea

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Licence
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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Orbiculoidea was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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. (d'Orbigny 1847)