Ansella

No picture of Ansella was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Ansella, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AnsellidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Conodonta
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Conodonta
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Conodonta
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Conodonta

Time the record covers

At least 21 million years on record.

The record covers at least 471.3 Mya to 449.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 443.1 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 111 occurrencesOrdovician — about 111 of 111 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 111 occurrences488–486 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences486–485 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences485–483 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences483–482 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences482–480 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences480–479 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences479–477 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences477–476 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences476–474 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences474–473 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences473–471 Mya — about 1 occurrence471–470 Mya — about 3 occurrences470–468 Mya — about 9 occurrences468–466 Mya — about 9 occurrences466–465 Mya — about 10 occurrences465–463 Mya — about 10 occurrences463–462 Mya — about 10 occurrences462–460 Mya — about 11 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 10 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 6 occurrences457–456 Mya — about 3 occurrences456–454 Mya — about 3 occurrences454–453 Mya — about 3 occurrences453–451 Mya — about 3 occurrences451–450 Mya — about 3 occurrences450–448 Mya — about 4 occurrences448–447 Mya — about 3 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 3 occurrences445–444 Mya — about 2 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences471.3 Mya449.5 Mya487.7 Mya442.2 Mya

111 occurrences of Ansella 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

111 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

29 formations

San Juan — 32.00°S, 69.00°WSan Juan — 30.00°S, 69.00°WSan Juan — 31.00°S, 69.00°WSan Juan — 30.36°S, 68.80°WLas Aguaditas — 30.36°S, 68.80°WGreen Point — 49.85°N, 57.80°WAntelope Valley — 39.23°N, 116.41°WAntelope Valley — 39.02°N, 116.70°WAntelope Valley — 39.07°N, 116.72°WKaki Bukit — 6.43°N, 99.87°EPagoda — 28.39°N, 106.40°ESkoki — 56.63°N, 123.78°WPa Kae — 7.00°N, 99.80°EShallow Bay — 49.96°N, 57.77°WOspika — 57.02°N, 124.22°WKuniutan — 30.28°N, 117.37°EÖland C — 57.11°N, 16.89°ECrown Point Limestone — 44.03°N, 73.42°WCrown Point Limestone — 44.16°N, 73.41°WRobb — 56.63°N, 123.78°WSlaty Creek — 40.69°S, 172.49°EGuniutan — 28.39°N, 106.40°EFjacka — 55.03°N, 14.90°EDomusnovas — 40.32°N, 8.65°EWulalike — 39.47°N, 106.83°EVäo — 55.55°N, 24.10°EVäo — 55.55°N, 24.10°ESan José — 13.32°S, 70.30°WNaiman — 48.92°N, 79.01°EGongwusu — 39.39°N, 106.92°E

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The named rock units Ansella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed.

Ansella and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Ansella and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

211 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 79 sites for Ansella, 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

25 references

Each of the 111 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. 13 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 content0

No picture of Ansella was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Ansella, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Ansella was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.