Entolium discites

Entolium discites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EntoliumPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Entolium
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Entolium
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Entolium
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Entoliidae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 23 million years on record.

The record covers at least 251.1 Mya to 227.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 251.902 Mya to 205.7 Mya.

Permian — about 0 of 82 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 12 of 82 occurrencesEarly TriassicMiddle Triassic — about 64 of 82 occurrencesMiddle TriassicLate Triassic — about 6 of 82 occurrencesLate Triassic253–251 Mya — about 3 occurrences251–250 Mya — about 4 occurrences250–248 Mya — about 3 occurrences248–246 Mya — about 6 occurrences246–245 Mya — about 10 occurrences245–243 Mya — about 19 occurrences243–242 Mya — about 17 occurrences242–240 Mya — about 5 occurrences240–238 Mya — about 5 occurrences238–237 Mya — about 5 occurrences237–235 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences235–234 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences234–232 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences232–230 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences230–229 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences229–227 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences227–226 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences226–224 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences224–222 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences222–221 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences221–219 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences219–218 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences218–216 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences216–214 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences214–213 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences213–211 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences211–210 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences210–208 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences208–206 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences206–205 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences251.1 Mya227.3 Mya252.8 Mya204.8 Mya

82 occurrences of Entolium discites on record, most of them in the Middle Triassic. 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

82 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

30 formations

Dajialian — 37.49°N, 99.38°EQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EQingyan — 26.35°N, 106.70°ETrochitenkalk — 51.63°N, 9.03°ETrochitenkalk — 50.75°N, 8.50°ETrochitenkalk — 51.62°N, 9.12°ETrochitenkalk — 49.28°N, 8.70°EZuhanya Limestone — 46.16°N, 18.24°EDont — 46.72°N, 12.05°EWetterstein — 47.32°N, 11.41°EGrès à Voltzia — 48.82°N, 7.25°EGrès à Voltzia — 48.91°N, 7.21°EFődolomit — 47.49°N, 19.03°EFődolomit — 47.55°N, 18.99°EYelang — 26.14°N, 105.28°EMuschelkalk — 41.27°N, 1.12°EMuschelkalk — 38.42°N, 0.67°WJianghe — 37.49°N, 99.38°EOro — 35.45°N, 135.32°EKamura — 32.70°N, 131.30°EFelsörs — 46.93°N, 17.83°EWetterstein — 48.50°N, 17.33°EZhouchongcun — 32.00°N, 119.00°ESanbao'ao — 26.00°N, 113.00°EZamostie Limestone — 48.82°N, 19.45°EWetterstein Limestone — 48.00°N, 20.00°EDachstein Limestone — 47.54°N, 19.01°Ebrachiopod-limestone — 45.70°N, 11.22°EQinglong — 30.45°N, 117.54°EXiahuancang — 37.42°N, 99.30°EMajiaoling — 23.50°N, 107.55°E

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The named rock units Entolium discites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 6 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 17 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Entolium discites and its relatives

Middle Triassic

Where Entolium discites and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Triassic.

Found in the same rock

693 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 68 sites for Entolium discites, 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

33 references

Each of the 82 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. 21 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 Entolium discites

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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Smithsonian Open Access was 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Schlotheim 1820)