Ceratostreon

Ceratostreon

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ExogyrinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Gryphaeidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Gryphaeidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Gryphaeidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At least 77 million years on record.

The record covers at least 149.2 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 154.8 Mya to 66 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 1 of 250 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 127 of 250 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 122 of 250 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 250 occurrences157–153 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences153–150 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences150–147 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences147–144 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences144–141 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences141–138 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences138–135 Mya — about 5 occurrences135–132 Mya — about 7 occurrences132–129 Mya — about 7 occurrences129–126 Mya — about 7 occurrences126–123 Mya — about 21 occurrences123–120 Mya — about 23 occurrences120–117 Mya — about 11 occurrences117–113 Mya — about 11 occurrences113–110 Mya — about 8 occurrences110–107 Mya — about 3 occurrences107–104 Mya — about 8 occurrences104–101 Mya — about 11 occurrences101–98 Mya — about 30 occurrences98–95 Mya — about 35 occurrences95–92 Mya — about 16 occurrences92–89 Mya — about 4 occurrences89–86 Mya — about 4 occurrences86–83 Mya — about 4 occurrences83–80 Mya — about 3 occurrences80–77 Mya — about 3 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 3 occurrences73–70 Mya — about 7 occurrences70–67 Mya — about 11 occurrences67–64 Mya — about 5 occurrences149.2 Mya72.2 Mya157 Mya64 Mya

250 occurrences of Ceratostreon on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. 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

250 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

64 formations

Galala — 29.67°N, 34.50°EGalala — 30.38°N, 33.52°EGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°EGalala — 29.63°N, 34.40°EHalal — 30.37°N, 34.45°EHalal — 30.37°N, 33.52°ERaha — 29.13°N, 33.28°ERaha — 28.65°N, 33.24°ERaha — 28.81°N, 33.50°ERaha — 28.80°N, 34.48°EInca — 7.15°S, 78.47°WInca — 7.45°S, 78.18°WCotinguiba — 10.62°S, 36.96°WCotinguiba — 10.63°S, 36.93°WKazhdumi — 29.84°N, 52.88°EQishn — 14.27°N, 48.57°EQishn — 14.30°N, 48.49°EQishn — 14.55°N, 48.04°EChachao — 35.83°S, 69.92°WBajada del Agria — 38.47°S, 70.00°WBajada del Agria — 38.00°S, 69.83°WArcillas de Morella — 40.61°N, 0.13°WCapas Rojas — 40.61°N, 0.13°Wcalcaires à Choffatelles et Dasycladacées — 38.73°N, 9.47°Wcalcaires à Choffatelles et Dasycladacées — 38.78°N, 9.28°WCalcaires et marnes à Choffatelles — 38.85°N, 9.33°WCalcaires et marnes à Choffatelles — 38.40°N, 9.22°WPicofrentes — 41.12°N, 2.77°WAtherfield Clay — 50.62°N, 1.97°WAtherfield Clay — 50.61°N, 1.36°WMarnes à Huîtres — 38.81°N, 9.47°WMarnes à Huîtres — 38.77°N, 9.30°WMarno-calcaires à Heteraster oblongus — 38.85°N, 9.33°WAbu Qada — 28.81°N, 33.50°EAbu Qada — 29.63°N, 34.40°EAbu Qada — 28.80°N, 34.48°EFahdene — 35.57°N, 8.09°EFormación Quebrada Marquesa — 30.26°S, 71.15°WFormación Arqueros — 30.73°S, 71.22°WSandgate — 51.08°N, 1.18°ESandgate — 51.00°N, 0.83°WZone de Pierre jaune — 47.05°N, 7.08°ECraie de Villedieu — 45.00°N, 0.37°E

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The named rock units Ceratostreon has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 40 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 79 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ceratostreon and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Ceratostreon and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,465 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 187 sites for Ceratostreon, 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

73 references

Each of the 250 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. 61 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 Ceratostreon

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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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. (Bayle 1878)