Parapolypora sparsa

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 7.5 million years on record.

The record covers at least 274.4 Mya to 266.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 283.3 Mya to 264.28 Mya.

Permian — about 18 of 18 occurrencesPermian284–283 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences283–282 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences282–282 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences282–281 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences281–280 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences280–280 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences278–278 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences278–277 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences277–276 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences276–276 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences276–275 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences274–274 Mya — about 1 occurrence274–273 Mya — about 1 occurrence273–272 Mya — about 1 occurrence272–272 Mya — about 1 occurrence272–271 Mya — about 1 occurrence271–270 Mya — about 1 occurrence270–270 Mya — about 1 occurrence270–269 Mya — about 1 occurrence269–268 Mya — about 1 occurrence268–268 Mya — about 1 occurrence268–267 Mya — about 1 occurrence267–266 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences266–266 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences266–265 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences265–264 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences264–264 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences274.4 Mya266.9 Mya283.8 Mya263.8 Mya

18 occurrences of Parapolypora sparsa on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

18 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

4 formations

Kazan — 57.54°N, 49.29°EKazan — 64.55°N, 43.98°EKazan — 57.35°N, 48.83°EKazan — 66.05°N, 43.50°EKazan — 57.50°N, 49.00°EKazan — 57.42°N, 48.90°EKazan — 57.47°N, 49.08°EKazan — 64.40°N, 44.25°EKazan — 55.78°N, 48.95°EKazan — 57.60°N, 49.13°EKazan — 65.81°N, 43.60°EKazan — 66.08°N, 43.28°EKazan — 57.67°N, 49.16°ESkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.43°WRoad Canyon — 30.34°N, 103.25°WVerkhnii Uslon — 55.79°N, 48.96°E

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The named rock units Parapolypora sparsa has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Parapolypora sparsa and its relatives

Permian

Where Parapolypora sparsa and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

127 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 18 sites for Parapolypora sparsa, 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

3 references

Each of the 18 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No picture of Parapolypora sparsa 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 Parapolypora sparsa, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Parapolypora sparsa 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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What may have been alongside itParapolypora through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Morozova 1970)