Polypeltidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EucalyptocrinitaceaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Monobathrida
Life habit
upper-level epifaunalPBDB, for Monobathrida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Monobathrida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Crinoidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Echinodermata

Time the record covers

At least 11 million years on record.

The record covers at least 410.62 Mya to 399.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 419.62 Mya to 393.47 Mya.

Silurian — about 0 of 3 occurrencesDevonian — about 3 of 3 occurrencesDevonian420–419 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences419–418 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences418–417 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences417–417 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences417–416 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences416–415 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences415–414 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences414–413 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences413–412 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences412–411 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences411–410 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences400–399 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences399–398 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences398–397 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences397–397 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences397–396 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences396–395 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences395–394 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences394–393 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences410.62 Mya399.5 Mya420.1 Mya392.9 Mya

3 occurrences of Polypeltidae 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

3 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

3 formations

Garra — 34.00°S, 149.00°EArmorique — 48.33°N, 4.45°WAguión — 43.58°N, 5.98°W

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

Polypeltidae and its relatives

Devonian

Where Polypeltidae and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

21 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 2 sites for Polypeltidae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.

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

No 3D scan of Polypeltidae 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 itEucalyptocrinitacea through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Angelin 1878