Synaptophyllum

Synaptophyllum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StauriidaePBDB
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 29 million years on record.

The record covers at least 422.7 Mya to 393.47 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 432.9 Mya to 387.95 Mya.

Silurian — about 1 of 26 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 25 of 26 occurrencesDevonian434–432 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences432–431 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences431–429 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences429–428 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences428–426 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences426–424 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences424–423 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences423–421 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences420–418 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences418–417 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences417–415 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences415–414 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences414–412 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences412–410 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences410–409 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences409–407 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences407–406 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences406–404 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences404–403 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences403–401 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences401–400 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences400–398 Mya — about 1 occurrence398–396 Mya — about 1 occurrence396–395 Mya — about 1 occurrence395–393 Mya — about 1 occurrence393–392 Mya — about 5 occurrences392–390 Mya — about 5 occurrences390–389 Mya — about 5 occurrences389–387 Mya — about 2 occurrences422.7 Mya393.47 Mya433.8 Mya387.1 Mya

26 occurrences of Synaptophyllum on record, most of them in the Devonian. 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

26 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

8 formations

Onondaga — 43.01°N, 78.01°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.70°N, 74.92°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WMoniello — 43.58°N, 5.97°WMoniello — 43.63°N, 2.11°ESanta Lucia — 42.89°N, 2.09°ESanta Lucia — 42.97°N, 6.20°WAmherstburg — 43.98°N, 81.28°WKwataboahegan — 51.50°N, 81.00°WStooping River — 51.00°N, 81.50°WRead Bay — 74.65°N, 94.71°WAnderdon Limestone — 43.04°N, 80.86°W

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The named rock units Synaptophyllum 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.

Synaptophyllum and its relatives

Devonian

Where Synaptophyllum and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

244 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 23 sites for Synaptophyllum, 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

10 references

Each of the 26 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

Media content1

Picture of Synaptophyllum

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Synaptophyllum 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 itStauriidae through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Simpson 1900