Polypora

Polypora

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AcanthocladiidaePBDB
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 196 million years on record.

The record covers at least 450.2 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 451 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Ordovician — about 1 of 748 occurrencesSilurian — about 4 of 748 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 30 of 748 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 203 of 748 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 510 of 748 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 748 occurrences455–448 Mya — about 1 occurrence434–427 Mya — about 4 occurrences427–420 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences414–407 Mya — about 1 occurrence407–400 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences400–393 Mya — about 3 occurrences393–386 Mya — about 16 occurrences386–379 Mya — about 8 occurrences379–372 Mya — about 1 occurrence372–365 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences365–358 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences358–351 Mya — about 3 occurrences351–345 Mya — about 8 occurrences345–338 Mya — about 22 occurrences338–331 Mya — about 39 occurrences331–324 Mya — about 29 occurrences324–317 Mya — about 13 occurrences317–310 Mya — about 14 occurrences310–303 Mya — about 65 occurrences303–296 Mya — about 24 occurrences296–289 Mya — about 101 occurrences289–282 Mya — about 70 occurrences282–276 Mya — about 44 occurrences276–269 Mya — about 85 occurrences269–262 Mya — about 101 occurrences262–255 Mya — about 74 occurrences255–248 Mya — about 21 occurrences450.2 Mya254.14 Mya455 Mya248 Mya

748 occurrences of Polypora 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

748 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

204 formations

Bangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WKazan — 57.54°N, 49.29°EKazan — 64.55°N, 43.98°EKazan — 56.67°N, 49.08°EKazan — 66.05°N, 43.50°EKazan — 57.98°N, 49.11°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 — 66.08°N, 43.28°EKazan — 57.60°N, 49.00°EKazan — 65.50°N, 45.50°EKazan — 53.42°N, 49.49°EWreford — 39.06°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.33°N, 96.53°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.23°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.75°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.57°WWreford — 38.69°N, 96.49°WWreford — 38.97°N, 96.86°WWreford — 38.66°N, 96.27°WWreford — 37.31°N, 96.72°WWreford — 37.81°N, 96.54°WWreford — 38.04°N, 96.42°WWreford — 39.84°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.23°N, 96.42°WWreford — 38.18°N, 96.47°WWinchell — 31.50°N, 98.58°WWinchell — 33.03°N, 98.07°WRoad Canyon — 30.22°N, 103.44°WRoad Canyon — 30.37°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.34°N, 103.25°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WWargal — 33.00°N, 72.00°EWargal — 32.41°N, 72.10°EWargal — 32.45°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.61°N, 71.76°EWargal — 32.40°N, 72.25°EWargal — 32.53°N, 71.32°EWargal — 32.24°N, 71.15°EWargal — 32.53°N, 72.20°EWargal — 32.42°N, 71.27°EWargal — 32.55°N, 72.40°ECopacabana — 19.12°S, 64.70°WCopacabana — 16.32°S, 68.67°WCopacabana — 15.78°S, 69.00°WCopacabana — 16.10°S, 69.07°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WSkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.43°WPottawatomie — 39.10°N, 94.57°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°WPottawatomie — 38.94°N, 95.10°WSalem Limestone — 37.31°N, 85.44°WSalem Limestone — 37.79°N, 85.82°WSalem Limestone — 37.33°N, 85.50°WSalem Limestone — 37.18°N, 85.32°WSalem Limestone — 37.55°N, 85.70°WSalem Limestone — 37.05°N, 85.05°WSalem Limestone — 38.06°N, 85.98°WSalem Limestone — 38.03°N, 86.03°WGreat Bear Cape — 77.36°N, 87.61°WGreat Bear Cape — 77.60°N, 86.35°WGreat Bear Cape — 81.30°N, 92.35°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.17°N, 86.57°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.12°N, 86.57°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.37°N, 86.62°WAbadeh — 30.91°N, 53.22°EKapp Starostin — 77.71°N, 14.69°EKapp Starostin — 78.08°N, 13.80°EBranxton — 32.66°S, 151.34°EBranxton — 32.97°S, 151.30°EBranxton — 32.90°S, 151.46°EChili — 33.92°N, 56.47°EChili — 33.27°N, 56.16°EStanton — 41.01°N, 96.23°WStanton — 37.52°N, 95.68°WEdwardsville — 39.75°N, 86.67°WEdwardsville — 39.25°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.00°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.04°N, 86.50°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 77.25°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 76.92°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.00°WChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.78°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.15°EChhidru — 32.25°N, 71.14°EChhidru — 32.53°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.88°N, 71.57°EToroweap — 36.54°N, 114.62°WToroweap — 35.99°N, 115.30°WToroweap — 36.42°N, 114.58°WCopacabana — 13.54°S, 72.88°WWyandotte — 38.63°N, 94.69°WWyandotte — 39.11°N, 94.81°WMaokou — 24.88°N, 105.18°EMaokou — 29.95°N, 109.50°EMaokou — 27.51°N, 114.25°EMaokou — 30.15°N, 114.29°E

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The named rock units Polypora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 180 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 87 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Polypora and its relatives

Permian

Where Polypora and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

2,008 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 583 sites for Polypora, and this reads 240 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

176 references

Each of the 748 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. 164 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 Polypora

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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.