Septopora

Septopora is an extinct genus of bryozoan belonging to the order Fenestrida. It has been found in Pennsylvanian to Permian beds in North America, South America, Australia, and southwest and east Asia.

Septopora

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SeptoporidaePBDB
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 85 million years on record.

The record covers at least 339.9 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 298 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 96 of 298 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 202 of 298 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 298 occurrences361–357 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences357–354 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences350–346 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences346–342 Mya — about 2 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 2 occurrences339–335 Mya — about 6 occurrences335–331 Mya — about 20 occurrences331–328 Mya — about 12 occurrences328–324 Mya — about 3 occurrences324–320 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences320–317 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences317–313 Mya — about 2 occurrences313–309 Mya — about 4 occurrences309–305 Mya — about 12 occurrences305–302 Mya — about 26 occurrences302–298 Mya — about 6 occurrences298–294 Mya — about 11 occurrences294–291 Mya — about 66 occurrences291–287 Mya — about 12 occurrences287–283 Mya — about 4 occurrences283–279 Mya — about 18 occurrences279–276 Mya — about 18 occurrences276–272 Mya — about 17 occurrences272–268 Mya — about 17 occurrences268–265 Mya — about 23 occurrences265–261 Mya — about 8 occurrences261–257 Mya — about 4 occurrences257–253 Mya — about 3 occurrences253–250 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences339.9 Mya254.14 Mya361 Mya250 Mya

298 occurrences of Septopora 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

298 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

65 formations

Wreford — 39.06°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.33°N, 96.53°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.23°WWreford — 38.70°N, 96.50°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.75°WWreford — 38.22°N, 96.43°WWreford — 38.41°N, 96.56°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.57°WWreford — 39.06°N, 96.43°WWreford — 38.04°N, 96.42°WWreford — 38.97°N, 96.86°WWreford — 38.09°N, 96.39°WWreford — 38.14°N, 96.59°WWreford — 37.00°N, 96.00°WWreford — 38.36°N, 96.75°WWreford — 38.13°N, 96.54°WWreford — 37.81°N, 96.54°WWreford — 37.31°N, 96.72°WWreford — 39.03°N, 96.80°WWreford — 39.84°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.87°N, 96.13°WWreford — 39.48°N, 96.07°WWreford — 38.15°N, 96.56°WWreford — 39.47°N, 96.41°WWreford — 38.18°N, 96.47°WWreford — 38.67°N, 96.28°WWreford — 38.27°N, 96.38°WWreford — 39.69°N, 96.64°WWreford — 38.60°N, 96.51°WWreford — 39.87°N, 96.24°WRoad Canyon — 30.22°N, 103.44°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.34°WRoad Canyon — 30.37°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WWinchell — 31.50°N, 98.58°WWinchell — 33.03°N, 98.07°WToroweap — 36.54°N, 114.62°WToroweap — 36.42°N, 114.58°WToroweap — 35.99°N, 115.30°WCathedral Mountain — 30.25°N, 103.37°WCathedral Mountain — 30.30°N, 103.30°WPottawatomie — 39.10°N, 94.57°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°WPottawatomie — 39.05°N, 94.67°WPottawatomie — 38.94°N, 95.10°WCopacabana — 19.12°S, 64.70°WCopacabana — 15.78°S, 69.00°WCopacabana — 16.30°S, 68.49°WGnishik — 39.73°N, 45.15°EGnishik — 39.83°N, 45.06°EGnishik — 39.95°N, 44.94°EGnishik — 39.56°N, 45.40°EGnishik — 39.95°N, 44.90°EGlen Dean Limestone — 38.17°N, 86.57°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.12°N, 86.57°WGlen Dean Limestone — 38.37°N, 86.62°WQixia — 31.50°N, 117.85°EQixia — 31.65°N, 117.85°EQixia — 25.58°N, 115.78°EQixia — 30.63°N, 117.82°EQixia — 30.22°N, 120.14°ESkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.43°WParadise — 31.93°N, 100.22°WParadise — 31.93°N, 109.22°WHueco — 32.37°N, 106.88°WGnishik — 39.58°N, 45.23°EGnishik — 39.60°N, 45.15°EGnishik — 38.97°N, 45.53°ECopacabana — 13.54°S, 72.88°WDennis — 41.33°N, 94.01°WDennis — 37.70°N, 95.19°WDennis — 37.33°N, 95.44°WCallytharra — 25.88°S, 115.50°ECallytharra — 26.00°S, 115.50°ECallytharra — 25.58°S, 115.95°EVergaño — 42.93°N, 4.38°WDouglas — 39.01°N, 95.25°WDouglas — 39.04°N, 95.39°WWann — 36.53°N, 95.98°WWann — 36.92°N, 95.90°WSurrett Canyon — 44.25°N, 113.80°WSurrett Canyon — 44.37°N, 113.82°WHumbug — 40.23°N, 111.65°WRuteh — 36.00°N, 51.49°ERuteh — 36.26°N, 52.37°E

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The named rock units Septopora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 41 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 11 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Septopora and its relatives

Permian

Where Septopora and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,410 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 243 sites for Septopora, 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

58 references

Each of the 298 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. 46 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 Septopora

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

No 3D scan of Septopora 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.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itSeptoporidae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.