Pleurocystitidae

Pleurocystitidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GlyptocystitoidaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rhombifera
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunalPBDB, for Rhombifera
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rhombifera
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhombifera
Environment
marinePBDB, for Echinodermata

Time the record covers

At least 76 million years on record.

The record covers at least 470.3 Mya to 393.47 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 387.95 Mya.

Ordovician — about 109 of 121 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 121 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 12 of 121 occurrencesDevonian473–470 Mya — about 5 occurrences470–467 Mya — about 1 occurrence467–464 Mya — about 1 occurrence464–461 Mya — about 1 occurrence461–459 Mya — about 1 occurrence459–456 Mya — about 14 occurrences456–453 Mya — about 28 occurrences453–450 Mya — about 40 occurrences450–447 Mya — about 12 occurrences447–444 Mya — about 6 occurrences424–421 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences421–418 Mya — about 2 occurrences418–415 Mya — about 3 occurrences415–412 Mya — about 2 occurrences412–409 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences409–407 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences407–404 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences404–401 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences401–398 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences398–395 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences395–392 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences392–389 Mya — about 2 occurrences389–386 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences470.3 Mya393.47 Mya473 Mya386 Mya

121 occurrences of Pleurocystitidae 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

121 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

46 formations

Verulam — 44.50°N, 78.97°WVerulam — 44.48°N, 78.95°WVerulam — 44.50°N, 79.17°WVerulam — 45.42°N, 75.73°WDunleith — 42.02°N, 93.45°WDunleith — 37.07°N, 89.57°WDunleith — 42.00°N, 90.50°WDunleith — 43.49°N, 91.87°WDunleith — 42.45°N, 89.08°WBromide — 34.00°N, 97.00°WBromide — 34.07°N, 97.17°WBromide — 34.03°N, 97.17°WAntelope Valley — 39.05°N, 116.73°WAntelope Valley — 38.94°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.67°WAntelope Valley — 36.78°N, 115.89°WIon — 42.00°N, 90.50°WBobcaygeon — 44.53°N, 78.55°WBobcaygeon — 44.60°N, 79.00°WBobcaygeon — 44.58°N, 79.09°WHull — 45.41°N, 75.73°WLebanon Limestone — 35.14°N, 87.05°WLebanon Limestone — 35.57°N, 86.92°WLebanon Limestone — 36.00°N, 86.25°WFort Atkinson — 43.13°N, 91.88°WFort Atkinson — 43.28°N, 91.85°WCummingsville — 44.50°N, 92.90°WCummingsville — 44.00°N, 92.00°WSouth Threave — 55.29°N, 4.76°WLochkov — 50.03°N, 14.33°ELochkov — 49.98°N, 14.18°EBenbolt — 36.19°N, 83.93°WBenbolt — 36.30°N, 83.67°WBenbolt — 36.35°N, 83.42°WJunkerberg — 50.21°N, 6.46°EVaureal — 49.67°N, 62.92°WVaureal — 49.76°N, 63.06°WOttawa — 45.46°N, 75.68°WOttawa — 45.52°N, 73.60°WFarr — 47.42°N, 79.60°WFarr — 47.45°N, 79.65°WWise Lake — 43.28°N, 91.85°WWise Lake — 42.00°N, 90.50°WDecorah Shale — 44.00°N, 92.00°WDubuque — 44.00°N, 92.00°WDubuque — 42.00°N, 90.50°WQuimbys Mill — 42.00°N, 90.50°WSpechts Ferry — 42.00°N, 90.50°WGuttenberg — 42.00°N, 90.50°WHunsrück Slate — 49.89°N, 7.47°EHunsrück Slate — 49.83°N, 7.37°E

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The named rock units Pleurocystitidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 22 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pleurocystitidae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Pleurocystitidae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,066 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 95 sites for Pleurocystitidae, 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

41 references

Each of the 121 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. 29 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 Pleurocystitidae

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Pleurocystitidae 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. Neumayr 1889