Ctenophoraster downeyae

Ctenophoraster downeyae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CtenophorasterPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Astropectinidae
Life habit
semi-infaunal, solitaryPBDB, for Astropectinidae
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Astropectinidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Asteroidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Astropectinidae

Time the record covers

At least 7 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 41.03 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 33.9 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 16 occurrencesEocene — about 16 of 16 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 16 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences53–53 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences50–50 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 1 occurrence47–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–45 Mya — about 1 occurrence45–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–41 Mya — about 1 occurrence41–40 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences40–40 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences36–36 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences48.07 Mya41.03 Mya56.5 Mya33.4 Mya

16 occurrences of Ctenophoraster downeyae on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

16 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

1 formation

La Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.67°WLa Meseta — 64.26°S, 56.68°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.62°W

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

Ctenophoraster downeyae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Ctenophoraster downeyae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

8 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 15 sites for Ctenophoraster downeyae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.

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

1 reference

Each of the 16 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 doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Ctenophoraster downeyae

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Ctenophoraster downeyae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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 itCtenophoraster through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Blake and Zinsmeister 1979