Polypora elliptica

Polypora elliptica Rogers, 1900, a relative of Polypora elliptica — not Polypora elliptica itself

Not Polypora elliptica. This is Polypora elliptica Rogers, 1900, a relative — both are Fenestellidae.

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PolyporaPBDB
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 36 million years on record.

The record covers at least 303.7 Mya to 266.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 306 Mya to 264.28 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 10 of 38 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 28 of 38 occurrencesPermian307–305 Mya — about 2 occurrences305–304 Mya — about 6 occurrences304–302 Mya — about 1 occurrence302–301 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences301–300 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 1 occurrence298–297 Mya — about 2 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 2 occurrences295–294 Mya — about 2 occurrences294–292 Mya — about 6 occurrences292–291 Mya — about 7 occurrences291–289 Mya — about 4 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences282–281 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences281–279 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences278–276 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences276–275 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences274–272 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences271–269 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences269–268 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences268–266 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences266–265 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences265–263 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences303.7 Mya266.9 Mya306.8 Mya263.4 Mya

38 occurrences of Polypora elliptica 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

38 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

10 formations

Wreford — 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 — 38.04°N, 96.42°WWreford — 39.84°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.18°N, 96.47°WPottawatomie — 39.10°N, 94.57°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°WCopacabana — 13.54°S, 72.88°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WDouglas — 39.01°N, 95.25°WDouglas — 39.04°N, 95.39°WStanton — 37.52°N, 95.68°WMaqam — 24.75°N, 55.83°ESkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.43°WCathedral Mountain — 30.34°N, 103.25°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.16°W

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

Polypora elliptica and its relatives

Permian

Where Polypora elliptica and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

247 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 37 sites for Polypora elliptica, 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

7 references

Each of the 38 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

Media content2

Picture of Polypora elliptica Rogers, 1900

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

3D model

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

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 itPolypora through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Rogers 1900)