Paraphorhynchus

Paraphorhynchus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AxiodeaneiinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 6.3 million years on record.

The record covers at least 365.2 Mya to 358.86 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 372.15 Mya to 346.7 Mya.

Devonian — about 13 of 20 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 7 of 20 occurrencesCarboniferous373–372 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences372–371 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences371–370 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences370–369 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences369–368 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences368–367 Mya — about 3 occurrences367–366 Mya — about 3 occurrences366–366 Mya — about 3 occurrences366–365 Mya — about 1 occurrence365–364 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences364–363 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences363–362 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences362–361 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences361–360 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences360–359 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences359–359 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences359–358 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences358–357 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences357–356 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences356–355 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences355–354 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences354–353 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences353–352 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences352–351 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences351–351 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences351–350 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences350–349 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences349–348 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences348–347 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences347–346 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences365.2 Mya358.86 Mya372.7 Mya346.2 Mya

20 occurrences of Paraphorhynchus on record, most of them in the Devonian. 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

20 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

7 formations

Three Forks Shale — 45.91°N, 111.85°WThree Forks Shale — 45.89°N, 111.96°WThree Forks Shale — 45.93°N, 111.86°WThree Forks Shale — 45.02°N, 112.56°WThree Forks Shale — 45.90°N, 111.40°WMcCraney Limestone — 39.76°N, 91.26°WMcCraney Limestone — 42.68°N, 93.33°WChapin — 42.86°N, 93.18°WGlen Park — 39.58°N, 91.07°WEnglish River — 41.00°N, 89.00°WLouisiana Limestone — 39.37°N, 90.90°WPercha Shale — 32.89°N, 107.53°W

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The named rock units Paraphorhynchus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Paraphorhynchus and its relatives

Devonian

Where Paraphorhynchus and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

121 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 15 sites for Paraphorhynchus, 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

6 references

Each of the 20 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. 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 Paraphorhynchus

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iDigBio
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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Paraphorhynchus 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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What may have been alongside itAxiodeaneiinae through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.