Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus)

Searched as Aplocyathus. The Paleobiology Database treats Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) as the accepted name.

Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus)

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TrochocyathusPBDB
Diet
microcarnivorePBDB, for Trochocyathus
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trochocyathus
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Trochocyathus
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 42 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 3.6 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 24 occurrencesEocene — about 1 of 24 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 9 of 24 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 13 of 24 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 24 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–26 Mya — about 2 occurrences26–24 Mya — about 4 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 3 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 3 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences12–9.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.8–8.0 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.0–6.2 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences6.2–4.4 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences4.4–2.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences48.07 Mya5.333 Mya57 Mya3 Mya

24 occurrences of Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

24 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

5 formations

Termofourà — 45.07°N, 7.82°EIhungia — 40.27°S, 176.30°EOtekaike Limestone — 44.79°S, 170.51°EGelingseh — 0.87°N, 117.85°EEcija — 37.34°N, 5.84°W

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The named rock units Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 17 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) and its relatives

Miocene

Where Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

267 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 4 sites for Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus), 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 24 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

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Picture of Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus)

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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (d'Orbigny 1849)