Zygospira modesta

Zygospira modesta

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ZygospiraPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Zygospira
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Zygospira
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB, for Zygospira
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 8.7 million years on record.

The record covers at least 458.2 Mya to 449.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 443.1 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 473 occurrencesOrdovician — about 473 of 473 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 473 occurrences488–486 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences486–485 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences485–483 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences483–482 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences482–480 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences480–479 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences479–477 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences477–476 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences476–474 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences474–473 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences471–470 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences470–468 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences468–466 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences466–465 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences465–463 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences463–462 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences462–460 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 6 occurrences457–456 Mya — about 10 occurrences456–454 Mya — about 10 occurrences454–453 Mya — about 24 occurrences453–451 Mya — about 32 occurrences451–450 Mya — about 164 occurrences450–448 Mya — about 107 occurrences448–447 Mya — about 60 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 51 occurrences445–444 Mya — about 5 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 2 occurrences458.2 Mya449.5 Mya487.7 Mya442.2 Mya

473 occurrences of Zygospira modesta on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

473 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

41 formations

Waynesville — 39.53°N, 84.08°WWaynesville — 39.58°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.44°N, 84.98°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.36°N, 84.36°WWaynesville — 39.33°N, 84.07°WWaynesville — 38.77°N, 85.36°WWaynesville — 39.44°N, 84.20°WSunset — 39.43°N, 84.60°WSunset — 37.74°N, 84.25°WSunset — 39.33°N, 84.07°WSunset — 38.49°N, 83.76°WSunset — 39.34°N, 84.39°WSunset — 39.37°N, 84.39°WSunset — 39.54°N, 84.34°WSunset — 39.41°N, 84.50°WSunset — 39.13°N, 84.62°WSunset — 39.03°N, 83.85°WKope — 38.87°N, 84.46°WKope — 38.80°N, 84.16°WKope — 39.01°N, 84.45°WKope — 39.03°N, 84.54°WKope — 38.68°N, 83.79°WClays Ferry — 38.00°N, 84.67°WClays Ferry — 38.31°N, 84.85°WClays Ferry — 37.88°N, 84.34°WClays Ferry — 37.59°N, 85.07°WLexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.77°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington Limestone — 38.22°N, 84.86°WLexington Limestone — 38.31°N, 84.85°WCorryville — 39.43°N, 84.60°WCorryville — 39.17°N, 84.12°WCorryville — 39.30°N, 84.40°WCorryville — 38.68°N, 83.79°WCorryville — 39.33°N, 84.07°WFairview — 39.01°N, 84.45°WFairview — 39.03°N, 84.51°WFairview — 39.30°N, 84.40°WFairview — 38.68°N, 83.79°WFairview — 39.14°N, 84.42°WFairview — 39.36°N, 84.11°WOregonia — 39.44°N, 84.98°WOregonia — 39.34°N, 84.95°WOregonia — 39.48°N, 84.06°WOregonia — 39.22°N, 84.08°WOregonia — 39.54°N, 84.34°WOregonia — 39.13°N, 84.60°WOregonia — 39.33°N, 84.07°WOregonia — 38.58°N, 83.70°WOregonia — 39.03°N, 83.85°WMount Auburn — 39.43°N, 84.60°WMount Auburn — 38.87°N, 83.91°WMount Auburn — 39.33°N, 84.07°WMount Auburn — 39.41°N, 84.50°WBellevue — 38.87°N, 84.46°WBellevue — 39.03°N, 84.51°WBellevue — 39.17°N, 84.12°WBellevue — 39.30°N, 84.40°WBellevue — 38.68°N, 83.79°WMiamitown — 39.12°N, 84.51°WMiamitown — 39.17°N, 84.58°WMiamitown — 39.30°N, 84.40°WWhitewater — 38.00°N, 85.50°WWhitewater — 39.49°N, 84.95°WWhitewater — 39.79°N, 84.90°WWhitewater — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWhitewater — 39.48°N, 84.06°WWhitewater — 39.39°N, 83.93°WWhitewater — 37.75°N, 84.30°WWhitewater — 39.54°N, 84.75°WCalloway Creek — 37.59°N, 85.07°WCalloway Creek — 37.46°N, 84.82°WCalloway Creek — 37.45°N, 84.84°WCalloway Creek — 37.59°N, 84.48°WCalloway Creek — 37.66°N, 85.17°WLiberty — 38.20°N, 85.57°WLiberty — 39.49°N, 84.95°WLiberty — 39.48°N, 84.06°WLiberty — 38.78°N, 85.37°WBull Fork — 38.40°N, 83.72°WMcMillan — 37.71°N, 84.31°WMcMillan — 38.18°N, 85.22°WMcMillan — 38.75°N, 85.38°WMcMillan — 39.01°N, 84.13°WMcMillan — 39.12°N, 84.50°WMcMillan — 39.20°N, 84.55°WArnheim — 39.00°N, 84.00°WArnheim — 37.78°N, 85.41°WArnheim — 39.15°N, 84.64°WArnheim — 39.16°N, 84.65°WArnheim — 36.33°N, 86.73°WGrant Lake — 39.25°N, 84.25°WGrant Lake — 37.66°N, 85.17°WMartinsburg — 38.93°N, 78.20°WMartinsburg — 38.51°N, 78.63°WScales Shale — 44.98°N, 93.27°WScales Shale — 42.00°N, 90.50°WStingy Creek — 37.57°N, 84.61°WReba — 37.58°N, 84.61°WElkhorn — 39.59°N, 84.74°WElkhorn — 39.86°N, 84.79°WWhitby — 45.50°N, 81.00°WWhitby — 43.88°N, 78.86°W

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The named rock units Zygospira modesta has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 17 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 57 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Zygospira modesta and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Zygospira modesta and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

580 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 471 sites for Zygospira modesta, 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

28 references

Each of the 473 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. 16 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 Zygospira modesta

Source
iDigBio
Credit
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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Zygospira modesta 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 itZygospira through timeFormations of the OrdovicianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Say 1847)