Polypora

Searched as Polyporina. The Paleobiology Database treats Polypora as the accepted name.

No picture of Polypora 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 Polypora, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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 447 million years on record.

The record covers at least 450.2 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 451 Mya to 129 ka.

Ordovician — about 1 of 763 occurrencesSilurian — about 4 of 763 occurrencesDevonian — about 30 of 763 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 203 of 763 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 510 of 763 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 763 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 763 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 763 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 763 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 763 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 763 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 0 of 763 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 0 of 763 occurrencesPaleocene — about 5 of 763 occurrencesEocene — about 0 of 763 occurrencesOligocene — about 0 of 763 occurrencesMiocene — about 0 of 763 occurrencesPliocene — about 1 of 763 occurrencesPleistocene — about 8 of 763 occurrences460–445 Mya — about 1 occurrence445–429 Mya — about 2 occurrences429–414 Mya — about 2 occurrences414–399 Mya — about 2 occurrences399–383 Mya — about 23 occurrences383–368 Mya — about 5 occurrences368–353 Mya — about 2 occurrences353–337 Mya — about 31 occurrences337–322 Mya — about 70 occurrences322–307 Mya — about 32 occurrences307–291 Mya — about 146 occurrences291–276 Mya — about 148 occurrences276–261 Mya — about 198 occurrences261–245 Mya — about 86 occurrences77–61 Mya — about 4 occurrences61–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–31 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences31–15 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15–0 Mya — about 9 occurrences450.2 Mya2.58 Mya460 Mya0 Mya

763 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

763 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

208 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. 184 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 96 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

180 references

Each of the 763 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. 168 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 content0

No picture of Polypora 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 Polypora, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Polypora 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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What may have been alongside itAcanthocladiidae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Frederiks 1920