Vertebrata

Searched as Vertebrata indet.. The Paleobiology Database treats Vertebrata as the accepted name.

Vertebrates, also called craniates, are animals with a vertebral column and a cranium. The vertebral column surrounds and protects the spinal cord, while the cranium protects the brain.

Vertebrata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
vertebratePBDB
Sits inside
ChordataPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Chordata

Time the record covers

At least 514 million years on record.

The record covers at least 514.5 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 521 Mya to 0 Mya.

Cambrian — about 2 of 711 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 2 of 711 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 7 of 711 occurrencesDevonian — about 19 of 711 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 92 of 711 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 12 of 711 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 1 of 711 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 5 of 711 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 14 of 711 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 15 of 711 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 5 of 711 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 7 of 711 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 14 of 711 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 326 of 711 occurrencesPaleocene — about 79 of 711 occurrencesEocene — about 56 of 711 occurrencesOligocene — about 10 of 711 occurrencesMiocene — about 14 of 711 occurrencesPliocene — about 7 of 711 occurrencesPleistocene — about 23 of 711 occurrences531–514 Mya — about 1 occurrence496–478 Mya — about 1 occurrence478–461 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences461–443 Mya — about 1 occurrence443–425 Mya — about 3 occurrences425–407 Mya — about 8 occurrences407–390 Mya — about 5 occurrences390–372 Mya — about 8 occurrences372–354 Mya — about 3 occurrences354–337 Mya — about 4 occurrences337–319 Mya — about 39 occurrences319–301 Mya — about 47 occurrences301–283 Mya — about 3 occurrences283–266 Mya — about 6 occurrences266–248 Mya — about 4 occurrences248–230 Mya — about 8 occurrences230–213 Mya — about 7 occurrences213–195 Mya — about 7 occurrences195–177 Mya — about 11 occurrences177–159 Mya — about 6 occurrences159–142 Mya — about 8 occurrences142–124 Mya — about 6 occurrences124–106 Mya — about 5 occurrences106–89 Mya — about 13 occurrences89–71 Mya — about 93 occurrences71–53 Mya — about 302 occurrences53–35 Mya — about 49 occurrences35–18 Mya — about 25 occurrences18–0 Mya — about 37 occurrences514.5 Mya129 ka531 Mya0 Mya

711 occurrences of Vertebrata on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

711 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

174 formations

Denver — 38.91°N, 104.53°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.46°N, 88.79°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.63°N, 88.22°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.92°N, 86.17°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 85.72°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.75°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.81°N, 97.10°WCorsicana Marl — 30.38°N, 97.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.19°N, 97.57°WCorsicana Marl — 30.00°N, 97.68°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.72°N, 97.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WCorsicana Marl — 29.18°N, 99.02°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.77°N, 88.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.50°N, 87.80°WMoodys Branch — 31.71°N, 87.78°WMoodys Branch — 31.31°N, 86.48°WMoodys Branch — 31.03°N, 85.85°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WEscondido — 29.30°N, 98.84°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 98.90°WEscondido — 29.39°N, 99.02°WEscondido — 29.35°N, 99.06°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 99.16°WEscondido — 29.25°N, 99.28°WEscondido — 29.16°N, 99.47°WEscondido — 29.06°N, 100.08°WEscondido — 29.03°N, 100.29°WEscondido — 28.91°N, 100.28°WEscondido — 28.86°N, 100.23°WEscondido — 28.76°N, 100.26°WEscondido — 28.72°N, 100.48°WEscondido — 28.26°N, 100.27°WSecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WKoobi Fora — 4.17°N, 36.40°EKoobi Fora — 4.08°N, 36.35°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.17°N, 36.48°EPeedee — 33.99°N, 79.52°WPeedee — 33.91°N, 79.45°WPeedee — 33.83°N, 79.25°WPeedee — 34.27°N, 77.95°WPeedee — 35.77°N, 78.64°WWewoka — 35.04°N, 96.36°WCoffee Sand — 34.45°N, 88.58°WAllen — 39.13°S, 67.70°WAllen — 40.06°S, 66.80°WAllen — 39.46°S, 67.33°WAllen — 39.51°S, 67.38°WYazoo Clay — 31.78°N, 88.46°WYazoo Clay — 31.77°N, 88.33°WYazoo Clay — 31.65°N, 87.71°WYazoo Clay — 31.50°N, 87.80°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WSevern — 39.33°N, 76.03°WChickasha — 35.99°N, 98.32°WChickasha — 36.04°N, 98.36°WChickasha — 35.85°N, 98.18°WChickasha — 35.95°N, 98.22°WChickasha — 35.73°N, 98.05°WChickasha — 35.24°N, 97.89°WLower Freshwater Molasse — 46.88°N, 7.11°EPawnee — 37.20°N, 95.20°WPawnee — 37.79°N, 94.75°WPawnee — 36.76°N, 95.54°WPawnee — 36.08°N, 95.80°WClayton — 31.83°N, 86.62°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.29°WClayton — 32.21°N, 87.48°WClayton — 31.98°N, 87.22°WOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.75°N, 88.93°WOwl Creek — 34.44°N, 88.95°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.85°WSandy Hook — 40.37°N, 74.12°WSandy Hook — 40.41°N, 74.00°WRoeburndale — 54.10°N, 2.65°WRoeburndale — 54.03°N, 2.68°WRoeburndale — 54.00°N, 3.00°WChinle — 34.94°N, 109.77°WChinle — 36.58°N, 106.83°WChinle — 35.56°N, 106.82°WChinle — 35.60°N, 106.86°WAdamantina — 19.46°S, 49.25°WAdamantina — 19.44°S, 49.26°WAdamantina — 19.44°S, 49.24°WAdamantina — 18.34°S, 50.48°WSerra da Galga — 19.63°S, 47.45°WSerra da Galga — 19.63°S, 47.23°WSerra da Galga — 19.62°S, 47.97°WSerra da Galga — 19.62°S, 47.02°W

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The named rock units Vertebrata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 150 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 34 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Vertebrata and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Vertebrata and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,247 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 851 sites for Vertebrata, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

169 references

Each of the 711 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. 157 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 Vertebrata

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CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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CC0 Public Domain
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The description on this site

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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. (Lamarck 1801)