Ellipsella distenta

No picture of Ellipsella distenta 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 Ellipsella distenta, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OliganisusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Palaeocopida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Palaeocopida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ostracoda
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Ostracoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Ostracoda

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 303.7 Mya to 290.1 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 307 Mya to 283.3 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 7 of 11 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 4 of 11 occurrencesPermian308–307 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences307–306 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences306–305 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences305–304 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences304–303 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences303–303 Mya — about 1 occurrence303–302 Mya — about 1 occurrence302–301 Mya — about 1 occurrence301–300 Mya — about 1 occurrence300–299 Mya — about 1 occurrence299–298 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences298–298 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences298–297 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences297–296 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences296–295 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences295–294 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences294–294 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences294–293 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences293–292 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences292–291 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences291–290 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences290–289 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences289–289 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences289–288 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences288–287 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences287–286 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences286–285 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences284–284 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences284–283 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303.7 Mya290.1 Mya307.5 Mya282.8 Mya

11 occurrences of Ellipsella distenta on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

11 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

10 formations

Elmdale — 38.37°N, 96.62°WNeva — 38.37°N, 96.62°WFort Riley — 38.21°N, 96.92°WWinfield — 37.68°N, 97.01°WWreford — 39.03°N, 96.91°WDeer Creek — 38.97°N, 95.06°WStanton — 39.00°N, 95.05°WHoward — 39.06°N, 95.73°WWakarusa — 38.94°N, 95.72°WAmericus — 38.63°N, 96.17°W

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

Ellipsella distenta and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Ellipsella distenta and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

61 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 11 sites for Ellipsella distenta, 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

1 reference

Each of the 11 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

Media content0

No picture of Ellipsella distenta 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 Ellipsella distenta, 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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What may have been alongside itOliganisus through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Kellett 1933)