Carapus

Carapus is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish) Carapus bermudensis (J. M. Jones, 1874) Carapus dubius (Putnam, 1874) Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) Carapus sluiteri (M. C. W. Weber, 1905)

Carapus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CarapidaePBDB
Diet
carnivore, parasitePBDB, for Ophidiiformes
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB, for Ophidiiformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ophidiiformes

Time the record covers

At least 40 million years on record.

The record covers at least 41.03 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 79 occurrencesEocene — about 11 of 79 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 19 of 79 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 39 of 79 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 79 occurrencesPleistocene — about 7 of 79 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 2 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 2 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 2 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 1 occurrence38–36 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 3 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 7 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 9 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 5 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 4 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 9 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 8 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 1 occurrence5.7–3.8 Mya — about 3 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 4 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 4 occurrences41.03 Mya129 ka57 Mya0 Mya

79 occurrences of Carapus on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

79 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

21 formations

Mount Harris — 44.20°S, 170.71°EMount Harris — 44.48°S, 170.90°EMount Harris — 44.30°S, 170.99°EMount Harris — 44.49°S, 171.01°EMount Harris — 44.82°S, 170.88°EWeches — 28.96°N, 98.48°WWeches — 30.00°N, 97.15°WWeches — 31.51°N, 94.35°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.04°WRifle Butts Siltstone — 45.14°S, 170.93°ESouthburn Sand — 44.42°S, 170.89°ESouthburn Sand — 44.30°S, 171.00°EHrušky — 48.81°N, 16.63°EMiretrain Marl — 43.56°N, 1.11°WOtekaeike Limestone — 44.81°S, 170.53°EBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WLindos Bay — 36.26°N, 28.17°ENga Pari — 46.02°S, 167.70°EOtekaike Limestone — 44.85°S, 170.52°EWharekuri Greensand — 44.66°S, 170.37°ERifle Butts — 45.03°S, 170.02°EWaitoura Marl — 44.78°S, 170.57°EFouraye Siltstone — 46.03°S, 167.71°EChatton — 46.11°S, 168.80°ECalcaire Grossier — 49.31°N, 2.25°EChagres Sandstone — 9.28°N, 80.05°W“lower” and “middle” Lisbon — 31.82°N, 88.31°W“upper” Lisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLacui — 42.69°S, 74.12°W

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The named rock units Carapus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 41 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Carapus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Carapus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

983 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 70 sites for Carapus, 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

27 references

Each of the 79 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. 15 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 content2

Picture of Carapus

Credit
Etrusko25
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Carapus sp. · MCZ:Ich:62064

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Rafinesque 1810