Hexagonella

Hexagonella

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
HexagonellidaePBDB
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 35 million years on record.

The record covers at least 290.1 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 0 of 69 occurrencesPermian — about 69 of 69 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 69 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences298–297 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–293 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences293–292 Mya — about 1 occurrence292–290 Mya — about 1 occurrence290–288 Mya — about 2 occurrences288–287 Mya — about 2 occurrences287–285 Mya — about 2 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 2 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 1 occurrence282–280 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences279–277 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences277–275 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 2 occurrences274–272 Mya — about 3 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 3 occurrences271–269 Mya — about 3 occurrences269–267 Mya — about 3 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 6 occurrences266–264 Mya — about 6 occurrences264–262 Mya — about 5 occurrences262–261 Mya — about 5 occurrences261–259 Mya — about 4 occurrences259–257 Mya — about 4 occurrences257–256 Mya — about 4 occurrences256–254 Mya — about 4 occurrences254–253 Mya — about 2 occurrences253–251 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences290.1 Mya254.14 Mya299.8 Mya251 Mya

69 occurrences of Hexagonella 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

69 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

31 formations

Wargal — 33.00°N, 72.00°EWargal — 32.25°N, 71.14°EWargal — 32.21°N, 71.06°EWargal — 32.53°N, 72.20°EWargal — 32.47°N, 71.97°EWargal — 32.74°N, 71.64°EWargal — 32.40°N, 72.25°EWargal — 32.61°N, 71.76°EWargal — 32.97°N, 71.56°EChandalaz — 43.50°N, 132.10°EChandalaz — 43.20°N, 131.50°EChandalaz — 43.30°N, 132.29°EChandalaz — 44.75°N, 131.20°ELyudyanza — 44.79°N, 133.68°ELyudyanza — 42.93°N, 132.76°ELyudyanza — 43.05°N, 133.10°EChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.78°EChhidru — 32.53°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.15°ENoonkanbah — 17.38°S, 124.36°ENoonkanbah — 18.00°S, 123.85°ERat Buri — 13.52°N, 99.70°ECoolkilya — 23.75°S, 114.46°ETak Fa — 15.93°N, 100.96°EAiduna — 4.15°S, 135.75°ESurmaq — 30.91°N, 53.22°EGanskaya — 37.90°N, 74.40°EChohan — 33.65°N, 69.15°EOsakhtinskaya — 48.14°N, 132.46°EAl Jil — 21.89°N, 59.47°EPort Keats — 14.43°S, 129.72°ECallytharra — 25.07°S, 115.55°EBulgadoo — 23.95°S, 114.52°EKalaktash — 38.30°N, 74.25°ESafetdaron — 37.99°N, 70.29°EUgodinskaya — 43.25°N, 132.00°EKhan — 33.26°N, 56.17°ENerminskaya — 66.97°N, 49.75°EGnishik — 39.56°N, 45.40°ESolonker — 43.33°N, 110.75°E

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The named rock units Hexagonella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 11 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Hexagonella and its relatives

Permian

Where Hexagonella and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

476 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 63 sites for Hexagonella, 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

24 references

Each of the 69 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. 12 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 content1

Picture of Hexagonella

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Waagen and Wentzel 1886