Lissomarginifera shastensis

Lissomarginifera shastensis Watkins, 1974, a relative of Lissomarginifera shastensis — not Lissomarginifera shastensis itself

Not Lissomarginifera shastensis. This is Lissomarginifera shastensis Watkins, 1974, a relative — both are Marginiferidae.

via GBIF · CC BY 4.0 · via GBIF. 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
EomarginiferaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Productidina
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Productidina
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Productidina
Vision
blindPBDB, for Strophomenata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 16 million years on record.

The record covers at least 323.4 Mya to 307 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 330.3 Mya to 274.4 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 10 of 11 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 2 of 11 occurrencesPermian331–329 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences329–328 Mya — about 2 occurrences328–326 Mya — about 2 occurrences326–324 Mya — about 2 occurrences324–322 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences322–320 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences320–318 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences318–316 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences316–314 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences308–306 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences306–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences298–297 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–293 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences293–291 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences291–289 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences289–287 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences287–285 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences285–283 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences283–281 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences281–279 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences279–277 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences277–275 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences275–273 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences323.4 Mya307 Mya331 Mya273 Mya

11 occurrences of Lissomarginifera shastensis on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

11 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

2 formations

Baird — 40.90°N, 122.27°WBaird — 40.95°N, 122.27°WBaird — 40.88°N, 122.25°WBaird — 40.75°N, 122.30°WBragdon — 40.94°N, 122.27°W

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

Lissomarginifera shastensis and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Lissomarginifera shastensis and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

126 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 11 sites for Lissomarginifera shastensis, 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

2 references

Each of the 11 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 Lissomarginifera shastensis Watkins, 1974

Source
GBIF
Credit
via GBIF
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Lissomarginifera shastensis was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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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What may have been alongside itEomarginifera through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Watkins 1974