Syringopora

Syringopora is an extinct genus of phaceloid tabulate coral. It has been found in rocks ranging in age from the Ordovician to the Permian, although it was most widespread during the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous periods. Among other places, it has been found in the Columbus Limestone in Ohio, and in the Spring Branch Member of the Lecompton Limestone in Kansas.

Syringopora

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SyringoporidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feeder, photosymbioticPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa

Time the record covers

At least 175 million years on record.

The record covers at least 449.5 Mya to 274.4 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 458.2 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Ordovician — about 10 of 682 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 199 of 682 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 148 of 682 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 293 of 682 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 32 of 682 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 682 occurrences462–455 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences455–448 Mya — about 4 occurrences448–441 Mya — about 17 occurrences441–434 Mya — about 47 occurrences434–427 Mya — about 78 occurrences427–419 Mya — about 63 occurrences419–412 Mya — about 7 occurrences412–405 Mya — about 10 occurrences405–398 Mya — about 8 occurrences398–391 Mya — about 29 occurrences391–384 Mya — about 50 occurrences384–377 Mya — about 20 occurrences377–369 Mya — about 16 occurrences369–362 Mya — about 5 occurrences362–355 Mya — about 31 occurrences355–348 Mya — about 56 occurrences348–341 Mya — about 85 occurrences341–334 Mya — about 68 occurrences334–326 Mya — about 24 occurrences326–319 Mya — about 8 occurrences319–312 Mya — about 6 occurrences312–305 Mya — about 8 occurrences305–298 Mya — about 13 occurrences298–291 Mya — about 18 occurrences291–284 Mya — about 6 occurrences284–276 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences276–269 Mya — about 2 occurrences269–262 Mya — about 2 occurrences262–255 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences255–248 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences449.5 Mya274.4 Mya462 Mya248 Mya

682 occurrences of Syringopora 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

682 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

250 formations

High Tor Limestone — 51.63°N, 3.97°WHigh Tor Limestone — 51.50°N, 3.00°WTin Mountain — 36.33°N, 116.52°WTin Mountain — 36.43°N, 117.60°WTin Mountain — 36.54°N, 117.04°WTin Mountain — 36.76°N, 117.48°WTin Mountain — 36.39°N, 117.43°WTin Mountain — 36.74°N, 117.45°WTin Mountain — 36.75°N, 117.45°WMount Head — 50.38°N, 114.61°WMount Head — 50.48°N, 114.71°WMount Head — 50.62°N, 114.98°WKhandyg — 62.20°N, 138.15°EKhandyg — 63.40°N, 136.68°EKhandyg — 62.93°N, 138.10°EKhandyg — 62.85°N, 138.15°EBlack Rock Limestone — 51.57°N, 4.33°WBlack Rock Limestone — 51.33°N, 2.74°WTreskelodden Beds — 77.00°N, 16.25°ETreskelodden Beds — 77.03°N, 16.22°ETreskelodden Beds — 77.05°N, 16.15°ERead Bay — 75.00°N, 95.00°WRead Bay — 74.84°N, 93.51°WRead Bay — 74.67°N, 94.21°WRead Bay — 74.73°N, 94.94°WRead Bay — 74.70°N, 94.82°WLa Vieille — 48.13°N, 65.83°WLa Vieille — 48.22°N, 64.88°WLa Vieille — 48.20°N, 64.84°WWordiekammen limestones — 78.49°N, 16.79°ESteinsfjorden — 68.79°N, 14.95°EOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.78°N, 74.33°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WOnondaga — 42.65°N, 74.08°WOnondaga — 43.00°N, 76.00°WAcanthopyge — 49.92°N, 14.07°EBanff — 57.00°N, 120.00°WBlack Rock — 51.33°N, 2.74°WScotch Grove — 40.00°N, 97.00°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°WScotch Grove — 42.48°N, 90.87°WScotch Grove — 41.85°N, 90.18°WScotch Grove — 42.10°N, 91.28°WWadleigh Limestone — 55.52°N, 133.16°WWadleigh Limestone — 55.52°N, 133.15°WWadleigh Limestone — 55.43°N, 133.11°WWadleigh Limestone — 55.49°N, 132.36°WVaughn Gulch — 36.82°N, 118.08°WVaughn Gulch — 36.90°N, 118.07°WWest Point — 48.18°N, 64.98°WSalem Limestone — 37.79°N, 85.82°WSalem Limestone — 37.18°N, 85.32°WSalem Limestone — 37.05°N, 85.05°WSalem Limestone — 38.06°N, 85.98°WLodgepole — 45.78°N, 108.50°WLodgepole — 46.96°N, 110.49°WLodgepole — 43.83°N, 111.75°WChokusin — 47.00°N, 93.00°EKizelov — 54.88°N, 52.33°EBaraniy — 63.40°N, 136.68°EBaraniy — 60.15°N, 137.10°EBaraniy — 62.93°N, 138.10°EGascons — 48.17°N, 65.83°WGascons — 48.18°N, 64.98°W

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The named rock units Syringopora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 226 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 94 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Syringopora and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Syringopora and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

1,745 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 502 sites for Syringopora, 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

215 references

Each of the 682 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. 203 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 content3

Picture of Syringopora

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Photogrammetry

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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Specimen
syringopora sp. · MST:PALEO:MST-SP-6954

3D model

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

The description on this site

Licence
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. Goldfuss 1826