Kraussina

Kraussina is a genus of brachiopods belonging to the family Kraussinidae.

Kraussina

via iDigBio · CC BY · via iDigBio. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
KraussinidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Kraussinidae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Kraussinidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Kraussinidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 1.7 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 11.63 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Miocene — about 11 of 16 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 4 of 16 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 1 of 16 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 0 of 16 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences10–9.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.7–9.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.3–8.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.9–8.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.5–8.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.1–7.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.7–7.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.3–6.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.9–6.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.5–6.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.1–5.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences5.7–5.3 Mya — about 2 occurrences5.3–4.9 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences4.9–4.4 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences4.4–4.0 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences4.0–3.6 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences3.6–3.2 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences3.2–2.8 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences2.8–2.4 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences2.4–2.0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences2.0–1.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences1.6–1.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences1.2–809 ka Mya — about 0.1 occurrences809 ka–404 ka Mya — about 0.1 occurrences404 ka–0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.333 Mya3.6 Mya12.1 Mya0 Mya

16 occurrences of Kraussina on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

16 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

3 formations

Alexander Bay — 30.20°S, 17.29°EAlexander Bay — 30.47°S, 17.33°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EAlexandria — 32.98°S, 27.58°EAlexandria — 33.84°S, 25.61°E

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

Found in the same rock

69 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 8 sites for Kraussina, 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

5 references

Each of the 16 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 content1

Picture of Kraussina

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Kraussina 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.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itKraussinidae through timeThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Davidson 1859