Polypora virga

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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 16 million years on record.

The record covers at least 283.3 Mya to 266.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 290.1 Mya to 264.28 Mya.

Permian — about 19 of 19 occurrencesPermian291–290 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences290–289 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences289–288 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences288–287 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences287–286 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences286–285 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences284–283 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences283–283 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences283–282 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences282–281 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences281–280 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences278–277 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences277–276 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences276–275 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences275–275 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences274–273 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences273–272 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences271–270 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences270–269 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences269–268 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences268–267 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences266–266 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences266–265 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences265–264 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences283.3 Mya266.9 Mya290.6 Mya263.8 Mya

19 occurrences of Polypora virga 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

19 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

13 formations

Branxton — 32.66°S, 151.34°EBranxton — 32.97°S, 151.30°EBranxton — 32.90°S, 151.46°EMalbina — 42.75°S, 147.19°EMalbina — 43.01°S, 147.94°ECounsel Creek — 42.57°S, 148.08°EWest Arm — 41.18°S, 146.78°EDeep Bay — 43.21°S, 147.37°ECattle Creek — 24.85°S, 148.30°EWandrawandian — 35.37°S, 150.49°EBerserker — 23.39°S, 150.60°EBerriedale — 42.75°S, 147.19°EGrange Mudstone — 42.75°S, 147.19°ESkipping Ridge — 42.56°S, 148.08°ESkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.43°WYarrol — 24.97°S, 151.36°E

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The named rock units Polypora virga has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Polypora virga and its relatives

Permian

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

Found in the same rock

77 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 19 sites for Polypora virga, 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 19 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. 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

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No picture of Polypora virga was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Polypora virga, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Laseron 1918