Siphonodendron

Siphonodendron is an extinct genus of colonial rugose corals common during the Carboniferous period. In fossil form it now appears as a white or brown mass of short spaghetti-like threads, usually flattened during distortion of the embedding limestone. It is in the sub-class Hexacorallia of corals with sixfold symmetry.

Siphonodendron

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LithostrotionidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rugosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rugosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rugosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Rugosa

Time the record covers

At least 88 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 293.52 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 387.95 Mya to 290.1 Mya.

Devonian — about 1 of 225 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 222 of 225 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 2 of 225 occurrencesPermian390–387 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences387–383 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences383–380 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences359–356 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences356–353 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences353–349 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences349–346 Mya — about 2 occurrences346–342 Mya — about 9 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 37 occurrences339–336 Mya — about 77 occurrences336–332 Mya — about 35 occurrences332–329 Mya — about 25 occurrences329–325 Mya — about 12 occurrences325–322 Mya — about 10 occurrences322–319 Mya — about 6 occurrences319–315 Mya — about 6 occurrences315–312 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences312–308 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences308–305 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences305–302 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences302–298 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences295–292 Mya — about 1 occurrence292–288 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences382.31 Mya293.52 Mya390 Mya288 Mya

225 occurrences of Siphonodendron on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

225 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

55 formations

Idmarrach — 33.53°N, 5.39°WIdmarrach — 33.43°N, 5.22°WBanner — 41.83°N, 116.00°WBanner — 41.89°N, 115.79°WBanner — 41.11°N, 114.96°WBricklieve Limestone — 54.05°N, 8.37°WBricklieve Limestone — 54.10°N, 8.25°WClogrenan — 52.83°N, 6.92°WClogrenan — 52.68°N, 7.02°WBou-Rifi — 32.90°N, 6.05°WBou-Rifi — 32.92°N, 5.65°WKnipe Scar Limestone — 54.47°N, 2.35°WTirhela — 33.53°N, 5.39°WTirhela — 33.44°N, 5.23°WAnhee — 50.45°N, 5.25°ESiphonodendron Limestone — 38.45°N, 6.38°WHunts Bay Oolite — 51.55°N, 4.20°WBallyadams — 52.83°N, 6.92°WTizra — 33.53°N, 5.39°WKoudiat Es-Senn — 34.37°N, 2.00°WWaterhouses Limestone — 53.03°N, 1.87°WWaterhouses Limestone — 52.80°N, 2.10°WDartry Limestone — 54.25°N, 8.15°WTabainout — 32.97°N, 5.82°WZindancik — 36.93°N, 32.43°EYamansu — 41.90°N, 93.77°EWordiekammen limestones — 78.49°N, 16.79°EGoughs Canyon — 41.14°N, 117.36°WMaydown Limestone — 54.42°N, 6.73°WBlackwater Limestone — 54.42°N, 6.73°WDagangou — 36.08°N, 94.92°ELlandudno Pier Dolomite — 53.30°N, 3.80°W

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The named rock units Siphonodendron has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 31 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 64 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Siphonodendron and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Siphonodendron and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

549 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 90 sites for Siphonodendron, 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

53 references

Each of the 225 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. 41 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 content2

Picture of Siphonodendron

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CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. McCoy 1849