Astyris communis

No picture of Astyris communis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Astyris communis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AstyrisPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Columbellidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Columbellidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Columbellidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 12 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 13 occurrencesMiocene — about 7 of 13 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 6 of 13 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 13 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences11–9.9 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences9.9–9.2 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences9.2–8.5 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences8.5–7.8 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences7.1–6.4 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences6.4–5.7 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences5.7–4.9 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.2–3.5 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences3.5–2.8 Mya — about 4 occurrences2.8–2.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence15.98 Mya3.6 Mya23.5 Mya2.1 Mya

13 occurrences of Astyris communis on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

13 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

Yorktown — 37.23°N, 76.51°WYorktown — 37.06°N, 76.63°WSt Mary's — 38.36°N, 76.39°WEastover — 37.10°N, 76.39°WSt Marys — 38.36°N, 76.39°WKirkwood — 39.00°N, 75.12°W

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The named rock units Astyris communis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Astyris communis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Astyris communis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

149 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 8 sites for Astyris communis, 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

5 references

Each of the 13 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

Media content0

No picture of Astyris communis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

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

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. (Conrad 1862)