Hisingerella

No picture of Hisingerella was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. 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 Hisingerella, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AcrotretidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Acrotretida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Acrotretida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Acrotretida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Lingulata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 22 million years on record.

The record covers at least 471.3 Mya to 449 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 475.3 Mya to 443.1 Mya.

Ordovician — about 71 of 71 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 0 of 71 occurrences476–475 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences475–474 Mya — about 1 occurrence474–473 Mya — about 1 occurrence473–471 Mya — about 1 occurrence471–470 Mya — about 3 occurrences470–469 Mya — about 3 occurrences469–468 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences468–467 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences467–466 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences466–465 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences465–464 Mya — about 2 occurrences464–463 Mya — about 2 occurrences463–461 Mya — about 2 occurrences461–460 Mya — about 5 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 3 occurrences459–458 Mya — about 1 occurrence458–457 Mya — about 1 occurrence457–456 Mya — about 3 occurrences456–455 Mya — about 3 occurrences455–454 Mya — about 2 occurrences454–453 Mya — about 1 occurrence453–451 Mya — about 5 occurrences451–450 Mya — about 5 occurrences450–449 Mya — about 9 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 3 occurrences448–447 Mya — about 2 occurrences447–446 Mya — about 2 occurrences446–445 Mya — about 2 occurrences445–444 Mya — about 2 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences471.3 Mya449 Mya475.9 Mya442.5 Mya

71 occurrences of Hisingerella on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

71 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

25 formations

Valhallfonna — 79.85°N, 17.67°EMalongulli — 33.55°S, 148.85°EMalongulli — 33.10°S, 148.87°EMalongulli — 33.54°S, 148.89°EMalongulli — 33.56°S, 148.85°ENakholmen — 60.00°N, 11.00°ENakholmen — 59.89°N, 10.70°EFjacka Shale — 61.00°N, 15.00°EFjacka Shale — 58.00°N, 12.00°EFjacka Shale — 60.00°N, 16.00°ESlandrom — 58.38°N, 13.82°ESlandrom — 58.45°N, 14.89°ESlandrom — 58.48°N, 13.10°EBestorp — 58.38°N, 13.82°EBestorp — 58.17°N, 13.53°EBestorp — 58.48°N, 13.10°EGullhögen — 58.38°N, 13.82°EJerrestad Shale — 57.78°N, 14.18°EJerrestad Shale — 55.54°N, 14.29°EVenstop — 60.00°N, 11.00°EVenstop — 58.99°N, 9.75°ETucklan — 33.00°S, 149.55°ETucklan — 32.87°S, 148.85°EMossen — 58.38°N, 13.82°EMossen — 58.48°N, 13.10°EHolen Limestone — 58.38°N, 13.82°EHolen Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EVåmb — 58.38°N, 13.82°ESegerstad Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°ESeby Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EFolkeslunda Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°EReedy Creek Limestone — 33.10°S, 148.87°EOakdale — 33.10°S, 148.87°EKraluv Dvur — 50.04°N, 14.41°EKráluv Dvur — 50.03°N, 14.31°EKilley Bridge — 54.60°N, 6.87°WGoonumbla Volcanics — 33.08°S, 147.98°EFjäcka Shale — 58.38°N, 13.82°ESkärlöv Limestone — 62.97°N, 14.48°E

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The named rock units Hisingerella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. One further formation holds fewer occurrences and is not listed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Hisingerella and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Hisingerella and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

366 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 68 sites for Hisingerella, 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

15 references

Each of the 71 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. 3 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 content0

No picture of Hisingerella was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Hisingerella, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Hisingerella 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Henningsmoen 1948