Plectorthis

Plectorthis

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 34 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 443.1 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.4 Mya to 440.5 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 218 occurrencesOrdovician — about 217 of 218 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 1 of 218 occurrences487–486 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences486–484 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences484–483 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences483–481 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences481–479 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences479–478 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences478–476 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences476–475 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences475–473 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences471–470 Mya — about 4 occurrences470–468 Mya — about 4 occurrences468–467 Mya — about 5 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 5 occurrences465–463 Mya — about 5 occurrences463–462 Mya — about 5 occurrences462–460 Mya — about 5 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 5 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 14 occurrences457–455 Mya — about 12 occurrences455–454 Mya — about 13 occurrences454–452 Mya — about 18 occurrences452–451 Mya — about 22 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 62 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 11 occurrences448–446 Mya — about 8 occurrences446–444 Mya — about 8 occurrences444–443 Mya — about 7 occurrences443–441 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences441–440 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences477.1 Mya443.1 Mya487.3 Mya439.6 Mya

218 occurrences of Plectorthis 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

218 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

60 formations

Fairview — 39.00°N, 84.00°WFairview — 39.01°N, 84.45°WFairview — 39.03°N, 84.51°WFairview — 38.68°N, 83.79°WFairview — 38.63°N, 83.75°WFairview — 38.87°N, 83.92°WFairview — 38.98°N, 84.05°WFairview — 39.07°N, 84.51°WFairview — 39.16°N, 84.61°WFairview — 39.17°N, 84.91°WFairview — 39.21°N, 84.71°WFairview — 39.26°N, 85.12°WFairview — 39.27°N, 84.41°WBadger Flat — 36.93°N, 118.07°WBadger Flat — 36.95°N, 118.08°WCorryville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WCorryville — 39.17°N, 84.12°WAnderken — 43.88°N, 75.55°EAnderken — 43.92°N, 75.48°EAnderken — 45.08°N, 73.38°EAnderken — 45.47°N, 72.03°EBenbolt — 35.91°N, 84.09°WBenbolt — 37.10°N, 81.34°WBenbolt — 37.22°N, 81.36°WBenbolt — 37.23°N, 81.10°WBenbolt — 37.00°N, 81.00°WBenbolt — 37.23°N, 81.32°WBenbolt — 37.08°N, 81.71°WVerulam — 44.75°N, 79.33°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.67°WVerulam — 44.43°N, 78.78°WWhite Head — 48.83°N, 64.48°WWhite Head — 48.50°N, 64.23°WDulankara — 44.70°N, 75.41°EDulankara — 44.71°N, 75.33°ECliffield — 37.09°N, 81.34°WCliffield — 37.15°N, 81.49°WCliffield — 37.08°N, 81.71°WCliffield — 37.13°N, 81.41°WMartinsburg — 38.93°N, 78.20°WMartinsburg — 38.51°N, 78.63°WMartinsburg — 40.48°N, 76.53°WMartinsburg — 38.52°N, 78.90°WDunleith — 42.00°N, 90.50°WCopenhagen — 39.44°N, 116.29°WCopenhagen — 39.20°N, 116.25°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WKope — 38.68°N, 83.79°WFossil Hill Limestone — 34.00°S, 148.00°EFossil Hill Limestone — 33.00°S, 148.00°EFossil Hill Limestone — 33.59°S, 148.89°EChangwu — 30.00°N, 120.00°EChangwu — 28.71°N, 118.51°EBelubula — 34.00°S, 149.00°EBelubula — 33.63°S, 148.78°EWenallt — 51.83°N, 3.58°WAmadjuak — 63.72°N, 68.97°WMounio — 43.00°N, 3.00°EBobcaygeon — 44.53°N, 78.55°WKorotkinskaya — 75.25°N, 99.90°EWhittery Shales — 52.67°N, 2.00°WKalstad Limestone — 63.05°N, 9.73°ELehman Fm. — 39.48°N, 114.92°W

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The named rock units Plectorthis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 36 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 20 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Plectorthis and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Plectorthis and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,361 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 186 sites for Plectorthis, 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

61 references

Each of the 218 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. 49 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 content2

Picture of Plectorthis

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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. (Hall and Clarke 1892)