Lovenia

Lovenia is a genus of sea urchin that is the sister taxon to Breynia and Echinocardium.

Lovenia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LoveniidaePBDB
Diet
deposit feeder, detritivorePBDB, for Spatangoida
Life habit
shallow infaunalPBDB, for Spatangoida
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Spatangoida
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Echinoidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Spatangoida

Time the record covers

At least 33 million years on record.

The record covers at least 33.9 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Paleocene — about 0 of 26 occurrencesEocene — about 1 of 26 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 4 of 26 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 17 of 26 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 26 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 26 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 1 occurrence25–23 Mya — about 1 occurrence23–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 4 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 1 occurrence33.9 Mya129 ka57 Mya0 Mya

26 occurrences of Lovenia on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

26 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

10 formations

Futuna Limestone — 17.23°S, 178.95°EFutuna Limestone — 18.45°S, 178.48°EBlack Rock Sandstone — 37.98°S, 145.05°EBlack Rock Sandstone — 37.99°S, 145.04°EMesón — 21.36°N, 97.66°WMesón — 21.19°N, 97.62°WLoxton — 34.15°S, 139.91°EAnahuac — 29.28°N, 95.73°WGlenforslan — 34.29°S, 139.63°EBorutta — 40.83°N, 8.43°ESan Diego — 32.80°N, 117.26°WTantoyuca — 21.46°N, 98.33°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°W

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The named rock units Lovenia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lovenia and its relatives

Miocene

Where Lovenia and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

532 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 24 sites for Lovenia, 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

12 references

Each of the 26 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

Media content2

Picture of Lovenia

Credit
en:User:Dlloyd
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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 itLoveniidae through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Desor 1847