Fenestella fossula
No picture of Fenestella fossula was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Fenestella fossula, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.
On record
Recorded, not inferred- Sits inside
- FenestellaPBDB
- Diet
- suspension feederPBDB, for Stenolaemata
- Life habit
- epifaunalPBDB, for Bryozoa
- Motility
- stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stenolaemata
- Vision
- blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
- Environment
- marinePBDB, for Lophophorata
Time the record covers
At least 33 million years on record.
The record covers at least 293.52 Mya to 259.857 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 254.14 Mya.
15 occurrences of Fenestella fossula 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
15 occurrences- Permian100%
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
- Agglomeratic Slate Formation2
- Blenheim Formation2
- Muree Formation2
- Cattle Creek Formation1
- Grange Mudstone Formation1
- Wandrawandian Formation1
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The named rock units Fenestella fossula has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.
Fenestella fossula and its relatives
PermianWhere Fenestella fossula and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.
Found in the same rock
117 taxa- Protoretepora ampla5 sites
- Fenestella dispersa4 sites
- Alternifenestella horologia3 sites
- Polyporella internata3 sites
- Polyporella woodsi3 sites
- Eurydesma mytiloides2 sites
- Fenestella simulatrix2 sites
- Myonia (Myomedia) carinata2 sites
- Spirifer2 sites
- Stenopora ovata2 sites
- Taeniothaerus subquadratus2 sites
- Acanthalosia concava1 site
- Anidanthus springsurensis1 site
- Astartella pindensis1 site
- Astartella simulans1 site
- Astartila intrepida1 site
- Astartila salaria1 site
- Aviculopecten1 site
- Bellerophon formani1 site
- Bransonia australe1 site
- Calceolispongia teicherti1 site
- Calceolispongia ulladullensis1 site
- Callytharrella callytharrensis1 site
- Cardiomorpha pinguis1 site
The Paleobiology Database records 15 sites for Fenestella fossula, 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
10 references- Permian Polyzoa from the Bowen Basin4
- Permian Bryozoa of eastern Australia, part I: a description of some previously-named species of Fenestrellinidae (Fenestellidae)2
- New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir2
- Permian Bryozoa of eastern Australia, part III: Batostomellidae and Fenestrellinidae from Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania1
- Some fossils from the Eurydesma and Conularia beds (Punjabian) of the Salt Range1
- Descriptions of Carboniferous fossils from the Irwin River, collected by Mr. C. F. V. Jackson, late Assistant Government Geologist1
- Description of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic fossils of Queensland1
- Appendix I. Descriptions of Fossils. 1. Fossils of New South Wales1
- XXI. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia1
- Description of six species of corals from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Diemen's Land1
Each of the 15 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. 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
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No picture of Fenestella fossula was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.
Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.
GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Fenestella fossula, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.
No 3D scan of Fenestella fossula 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 itFenestella through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on
Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Lonsdale 1844)