Cavellina edmistonae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CavellinaPBDB
Diet
detritivore, suspension feederPBDB, for Platycopida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Platycopida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ostracoda
Vision
blindPBDB, for Platycopida
Environment
marinePBDB, for Ostracoda

Time the record covers

At least 24 million years on record.

The record covers at least 298.9 Mya to 274.4 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 303.7 Mya to 266.9 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 9 of 21 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 12 of 21 occurrencesPermian304–303 Mya — about 1 occurrence303–302 Mya — about 2 occurrences302–301 Mya — about 2 occurrences301–299 Mya — about 2 occurrences299–298 Mya — about 1 occurrence298–297 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences297–296 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences296–294 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences294–293 Mya — about 1 occurrence293–292 Mya — about 2 occurrences292–290 Mya — about 2 occurrences290–289 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences289–288 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences288–287 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences287–285 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences284–283 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences274–273 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences273–271 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences271–270 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences270–269 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences269–267 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences298.9 Mya274.4 Mya304.4 Mya266.2 Mya

21 occurrences of Cavellina edmistonae on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

21 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

11 formations

Elmdale — 38.37°N, 96.62°WElmdale — 39.17°N, 96.54°WWreford — 39.08°N, 96.78°WWreford — 39.03°N, 96.91°WWreford — 39.03°N, 96.84°WNeva — 38.37°N, 96.62°WNeva — 39.18°N, 96.59°WWinfield — 37.68°N, 97.01°WWinfield — 38.42°N, 96.82°WFort Riley — 39.06°N, 96.79°WGarrison — 38.37°N, 96.55°WChase — 38.27°N, 96.73°WCottonwood — 39.12°N, 96.70°WBurlingame — 38.81°N, 95.83°WAmericus — 38.63°N, 96.17°WBaitugan — 55.74°N, 52.03°E

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

Cavellina edmistonae and its relatives

Permian

Where Cavellina edmistonae and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

89 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 21 sites for Cavellina edmistonae, 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

2 references

Each of the 21 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 Cavellina edmistonae 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 Cavellina edmistonae, 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. (Harris and Lalicker 1932)