Blastomussa simplicitexta

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BlastomussaPBDB
Diet
microcarnivore, photosymbioticPBDB, for Scleractinia
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunal, colonial, clonalPBDB, for Scleractinia
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Scleractinia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 2.7 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 11.63 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Miocene — about 2 of 8 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 5 of 8 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 1 of 8 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 0 of 8 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences10–9.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.7–9.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.3–8.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.9–8.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.5–8.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.1–7.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.7–7.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.3–6.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.9–6.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.5–6.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.1–5.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.7–5.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.3–4.9 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.9–4.4 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.4–4.0 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.0–3.6 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences3.6–3.2 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences3.2–2.8 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences2.8–2.4 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences2.4–2.0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.0–1.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.6–1.2 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.2–809 ka Mya — about 0.3 occurrences809 ka–404 ka Mya — about 0.1 occurrences404 ka–0 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.333 Mya2.58 Mya12.1 Mya0 Mya

8 occurrences of Blastomussa simplicitexta on record, most of them in the Pliocene. 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

8 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

Era Beds — 8.35°S, 146.28°EUpper Kalibeng — 8.00°S, 114.00°ESondé — 8.00°S, 114.00°ESampolakosa — 5.56°S, 122.74°ESalayar — 6.08°S, 120.48°E

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The named rock units Blastomussa simplicitexta has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Blastomussa simplicitexta and its relatives

Pliocene

Where Blastomussa simplicitexta and its relatives were recorded in the Pliocene.

Found in the same rock

222 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 7 sites for Blastomussa simplicitexta, 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

6 references

Each of the 8 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No picture of Blastomussa simplicitexta 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 Blastomussa simplicitexta, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Blastomussa simplicitexta 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 itBlastomussa through timeFormations of the PlioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Umbgrove 1942)