Orthambonites

Orthambonites

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 30 million years on record.

The record covers at least 471.3 Mya to 440.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 488.9 Mya to 438.6 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 247 occurrencesOrdovician — about 233 of 247 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 14 of 247 occurrencesSilurian490–488 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences488–486 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences486–485 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences485–483 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences483–481 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences481–479 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences479–478 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences478–476 Mya — about 4 occurrences476–474 Mya — about 6 occurrences474–472 Mya — about 7 occurrences472–471 Mya — about 16 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 23 occurrences469–467 Mya — about 35 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 32 occurrences465–464 Mya — about 24 occurrences464–462 Mya — about 13 occurrences462–460 Mya — about 14 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 13 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 14 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 8 occurrences455–453 Mya — about 4 occurrences453–452 Mya — about 3 occurrences452–450 Mya — about 2 occurrences450–448 Mya — about 3 occurrences448–446 Mya — about 6 occurrences446–445 Mya — about 5 occurrences445–443 Mya — about 3 occurrences443–441 Mya — about 7 occurrences441–439 Mya — about 4 occurrences439–438 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences471.3 Mya440.5 Mya490 Mya438 Mya

247 occurrences of Orthambonites on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

247 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

71 formations

Antelope Valley — 36.78°N, 115.89°WAntelope Valley — 38.05°N, 116.45°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.65°WAntelope Valley — 36.65°N, 116.17°WAntelope Valley — 38.53°N, 116.40°WAntelope Valley — 37.34°N, 115.38°WAntelope Valley — 37.30°N, 115.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.20°N, 116.25°WAntelope Valley — 39.00°N, 116.62°WAntelope Valley — 39.60°N, 116.26°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 36.39°N, 116.61°WAntelope Valley — 38.82°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 39.05°N, 116.74°WObukhovo — 59.77°N, 30.33°EObukhovo — 59.90°N, 32.35°EObukhovo — 59.87°N, 31.43°EObukhovo — 60.05°N, 32.59°EMytton Flags — 52.67°N, 2.00°WDay Point — 44.87°N, 73.48°WDay Point — 44.60°N, 73.44°WDay Point — 44.58°N, 73.53°WDay Point — 44.68°N, 73.45°WBarrel Spring — 36.90°N, 118.06°WBarrel Spring — 37.00°N, 118.00°WSolvik — 59.92°N, 10.75°ESolvik — 59.86°N, 10.56°ESolvik — 59.85°N, 10.47°EPakri Sandstone — 59.40°N, 24.56°EPakri Sandstone — 59.45°N, 25.18°EPakri Sandstone — 59.41°N, 24.43°EPakri Sandstone — 59.38°N, 24.04°EPakri Sandstone — 59.35°N, 24.07°EPakri Sandstone — 59.44°N, 24.51°EPakri Sandstone — 59.41°N, 24.31°EPakri Sandstone — 59.34°N, 23.98°EDashaba — 28.33°N, 103.83°ESillaoru — 59.87°N, 31.43°ESillaoru — 60.05°N, 32.59°EWhittery Shales — 52.67°N, 2.00°WLehman Fm. — 39.48°N, 114.92°WHusbergøya — 59.89°N, 10.53°ECobbs Arm — 49.54°N, 54.78°WCobbs Arm — 49.55°N, 54.75°WNavas de Estena — 39.00°N, 4.00°WNavas de Estena — 39.52°N, 4.19°WNavas de Estena — 39.51°N, 4.35°WCampile — 53.44°N, 7.23°WCampile — 53.45°N, 7.17°WWuting — 41.33°N, 123.72°EWuting — 41.36°N, 123.50°EWuting — 41.33°N, 123.80°EArdwell Farm — 55.25°N, 4.85°WArdwell Farm — 55.18°N, 4.82°WLoobu — 59.44°N, 27.22°EKhankhara — 51.07°N, 84.94°ESuri — 29.00°S, 68.00°WSuri — 28.00°S, 68.00°WHagley Shales — 52.67°N, 2.00°WKanosh Fm. — 39.48°N, 114.92°WRaniceps Limestone — 58.53°N, 15.44°ERaniceps Limestone — 57.28°N, 16.96°EHuk — 59.59°N, 9.69°E

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The named rock units Orthambonites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 47 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 45 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Orthambonites and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Orthambonites and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,312 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 222 sites for Orthambonites, 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

73 references

Each of the 247 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. 61 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 Orthambonites

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Orthambonites was found in Sketchfab.

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. Pander 1830