Raphiophoridae

Raphiophoridae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TrinucleidaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Vision
blindPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 54 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 422.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 488.9 Mya to 419.62 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 987 occurrencesOrdovician — about 968 of 987 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 19 of 987 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 0 of 987 occurrences490–488 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences488–485 Mya — about 2 occurrences485–483 Mya — about 3 occurrences483–481 Mya — about 5 occurrences481–478 Mya — about 5 occurrences478–476 Mya — about 19 occurrences476–473 Mya — about 57 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 59 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 92 occurrences469–466 Mya — about 50 occurrences466–464 Mya — about 44 occurrences464–461 Mya — about 33 occurrences461–459 Mya — about 73 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 103 occurrences457–454 Mya — about 84 occurrences454–452 Mya — about 108 occurrences452–449 Mya — about 98 occurrences449–447 Mya — about 72 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 54 occurrences445–442 Mya — about 9 occurrences442–440 Mya — about 2 occurrences440–437 Mya — about 2 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences435–433 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences433–430 Mya — about 2 occurrences430–428 Mya — about 3 occurrences428–425 Mya — about 3 occurrences425–423 Mya — about 4 occurrences423–421 Mya — about 2 occurrences421–418 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences477.1 Mya422.7 Mya490 Mya418 Mya

987 occurrences of Raphiophoridae on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

987 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

218 formations

Table Cove — 50.36°N, 57.54°WTable Cove — 48.58°N, 58.70°WTable Cove — 50.18°N, 57.62°WSolvang — 60.00°N, 11.00°ESolvang — 60.13°N, 10.28°ESolvang — 59.88°N, 10.72°ESolvang — 61.33°N, 8.80°ESolvang — 59.90°N, 10.63°ESolvang — 59.82°N, 10.61°ESolvang — 58.45°N, 8.76°ESolvang — 59.85°N, 10.53°ESolvang — 59.86°N, 10.52°ESolvang — 60.05°N, 10.18°EBalclatchie — 55.22°N, 4.85°WBalclatchie — 54.84°N, 4.05°WBalclatchie — 55.31°N, 4.80°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.35°WEdinburg — 38.00°N, 79.00°WEdinburg — 38.99°N, 78.36°WEdinburg — 38.84°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 38.82°N, 78.55°WEdinburg — 38.54°N, 78.76°WEdinburg — 38.56°N, 78.86°WEdinburg — 36.88°N, 81.68°WEdinburg — 37.74°N, 79.51°WVolkhov — 59.97°N, 32.57°EYinGan — 41.00°N, 79.00°EYinGan — 40.64°N, 79.50°EValhallfonna — 79.00°N, 18.00°EValhallfonna — 79.80°N, 17.76°EValhallfonna — 78.90°N, 18.02°EDawan — 33.00°N, 111.00°EDawan — 32.00°N, 108.00°EDawan — 30.90°N, 111.39°EDawan — 30.86°N, 110.37°ESaErGan — 40.10°N, 80.33°ESaErGan — 40.64°N, 79.50°ETangtou — 32.00°N, 118.00°ETangtou — 32.00°N, 119.00°ETangtou — 32.07°N, 119.26°EEmanuel — 18.65°S, 125.92°ENakkholmen — 61.33°N, 8.80°ENakkholmen — 59.90°N, 10.63°ENakkholmen — 59.84°N, 10.54°EHolen — 57.37°N, 17.08°EHolen — 57.32°N, 17.00°EHolen — 57.15°N, 16.92°EHolen — 57.03°N, 16.88°EHolen — 57.00°N, 16.82°EHolen — 57.17°N, 16.94°EHolen — 56.62°N, 16.56°EDaduhe — 27.57°N, 104.92°EDalby — 57.00°N, 17.00°EDalby — 61.00°N, 15.00°EDalby — 58.00°N, 14.00°EDalby — 58.00°N, 12.00°EDalby — 55.53°N, 14.23°ECrown Point — 44.61°N, 73.42°WCrown Point — 44.71°N, 73.46°WCrown Point — 44.58°N, 73.53°WCrown Point — 44.88°N, 73.44°WMiaopo — 33.00°N, 111.00°EMiaopo — 32.00°N, 108.00°EMiaopo — 32.00°N, 118.00°EBugryshikha — 51.28°N, 82.79°EUpper Fezouata — 31.42°N, 5.75°WUpper Fezouata — 27.88°N, 11.42°WUpper Fezouata — 31.38°N, 4.17°WUpper Fezouata — 30.42°N, 5.82°WUpper Fezouata — 30.55°N, 5.68°WUpper Fezouata — 27.82°N, 11.40°WUpper Fezouata — 30.40°N, 5.71°WUpper Fezouata — 30.49°N, 5.88°WRoad River — 62.83°N, 136.58°WRoad River — 64.50°N, 130.00°WRoad River — 65.35°N, 133.50°WRoad River — 62.00°N, 127.50°WRoad River — 61.70°N, 125.55°WRoad River — 65.22°N, 136.68°WDufton Shales — 54.72°N, 2.48°WCampile — 53.45°N, 7.17°WCampile — 53.42°N, 7.17°WAntelope Valley — 36.88°N, 116.66°WAntelope Valley — 36.39°N, 116.61°WAntelope Valley — 37.12°N, 116.50°WLatorp — 58.00°N, 14.00°ELatorp — 59.24°N, 14.94°E

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The named rock units Raphiophoridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 194 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 111 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Raphiophoridae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Raphiophoridae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,750 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 720 sites for Raphiophoridae, 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

229 references

Each of the 987 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. 217 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 content1

Picture of Raphiophoridae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Raphiophoridae 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 itTrinucleida through timeFormations of the OrdovicianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Angelin 1854