Orthotetes

No picture of Orthotetes was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. 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 Orthotetes, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 172 million years on record.

The record covers at least 426.7 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 430.6 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Silurian — about 2 of 282 occurrencesDevonian — about 8 of 282 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 204 of 282 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 68 of 282 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 282 occurrences434–428 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences428–422 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences422–416 Mya — about 1 occurrence416–409 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences409–403 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences403–397 Mya — about 1 occurrence397–391 Mya — about 1 occurrence385–378 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences378–372 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences372–366 Mya — about 2 occurrences366–360 Mya — about 2 occurrences360–354 Mya — about 6 occurrences354–347 Mya — about 10 occurrences347–341 Mya — about 28 occurrences341–335 Mya — about 32 occurrences335–329 Mya — about 69 occurrences329–323 Mya — about 30 occurrences323–316 Mya — about 12 occurrences316–310 Mya — about 6 occurrences310–304 Mya — about 6 occurrences304–298 Mya — about 5 occurrences298–292 Mya — about 9 occurrences292–285 Mya — about 17 occurrences285–279 Mya — about 11 occurrences279–273 Mya — about 7 occurrences273–267 Mya — about 2 occurrences267–261 Mya — about 9 occurrences261–255 Mya — about 8 occurrences255–248 Mya — about 4 occurrences426.7 Mya254.14 Mya434 Mya248 Mya

282 occurrences of Orthotetes 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

282 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

81 formations

Bangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WJungle Creek — 65.88°N, 136.15°WJungle Creek — 65.88°N, 136.15°WJungle Creek — 67.52°N, 136.50°WJungle Creek — 64.98°N, 140.86°WJungle Creek — 65.39°N, 140.70°WJungle Creek — 65.30°N, 140.76°WJungle Creek — 65.28°N, 140.75°WNoonkanbah — 18.09°S, 123.85°ENoonkanbah — 18.66°S, 125.55°ENoonkanbah — 17.38°S, 124.36°ENoonkanbah — 17.38°S, 124.64°EHindsville — 36.30°N, 93.23°WHindsville — 35.94°N, 93.39°WBird Spring — 36.27°N, 115.43°WBird Spring — 36.73°N, 114.78°WBird Spring — 35.87°N, 115.37°WBird Spring — 35.67°N, 115.48°WRamp Creek — 39.33°N, 86.67°WRamp Creek — 39.03°N, 86.50°WRamp Creek — 39.08°N, 86.58°WRamp Creek — 39.33°N, 86.50°WMuldraugh — 40.04°N, 86.87°WLittle Flat — 43.83°N, 111.75°WPitkin — 35.75°N, 95.20°WPitkin — 35.87°N, 95.23°WPitkin — 35.76°N, 94.81°WParadise — 31.93°N, 109.22°WParadise — 31.93°N, 100.22°WCarwood — 38.50°N, 85.83°WCarwood — 38.32°N, 85.90°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.70°N, 86.81°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.22°N, 86.55°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.10°N, 86.56°WGlen Dean Limestone — 37.90°N, 86.64°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.38°N, 86.61°WBerrico Creek — 31.98°S, 151.70°EBerrico Creek — 31.93°S, 151.72°EWoolooma — 32.50°S, 151.00°EWoolooma — 30.11°S, 150.28°ESalem Limestone — 37.78°N, 85.79°WSalem Limestone — 37.33°N, 85.50°WSalem Limestone — 37.05°N, 85.05°WBeech Creek — 38.95°N, 86.73°WBeech Creek — 38.94°N, 86.76°WBeech Creek — 38.83°N, 86.69°WBeech Creek — 38.59°N, 86.66°WFlagstaff Sandstone — 32.28°S, 151.63°EFlagstaff Sandstone — 32.21°S, 151.57°EEdwardsville — 39.50°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.25°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.04°N, 86.50°WAmsden — 43.68°N, 109.62°WAmsden — 44.45°N, 106.91°WPennington — 36.75°N, 82.25°WPennington — 36.72°N, 82.25°WBaird — 40.75°N, 122.30°WWatahomigi — 35.90°N, 113.56°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.04°WNangung — 29.47°N, 83.07°ENangung — 29.45°N, 83.00°ESenja — 29.45°N, 83.00°ESenja — 28.92°N, 83.36°E

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The named rock units Orthotetes has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 57 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 30 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Orthotetes and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Orthotetes and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

1,536 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 266 sites for Orthotetes, 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

89 references

Each of the 282 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. 77 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 content0

No picture of Orthotetes was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Orthotetes, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Orthotetes 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.