Mcewanella dorsisulcata
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On record
Recorded, not inferred- Sits inside
- McewanellaPBDB
- Diet
- suspension feederPBDB, for Platystrophiidae
- Life habit
- epifaunalPBDB, for Platystrophiidae
- Motility
- stationary, attachedPBDB, for Platystrophiidae
- Vision
- blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
- Environment
- marinePBDB, for Lophophorata
Time the record covers
At least 3.8 million years on record.
The record covers at least 453 Mya to 449.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 455 Mya to 448.8 Mya.
3 occurrences of Mcewanella dorsisulcata 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
3 occurrences- Ordovician100%
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
- Furuberget Formation · Kirkerud Group2
- Portrane Limestone Formation · Duncannon Group1
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The named rock units Mcewanella dorsisulcata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.
Mcewanella dorsisulcata and its relatives
OrdovicianWhere Mcewanella dorsisulcata and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.
Found in the same rock
90 taxa- Dalmanella2 sites
- Nicolella actoniae2 sites
- Plectorthis2 sites
- Remopleurides lunnerensis2 sites
- Stenopareia glaber2 sites
- Acanthambonia portranensis1 site
- Acanthocrania1 site
- Allumettoceras1 site
- Amorphognathus1 site
- Amorphognathus duftonus1 site
- Amorphognathus ordovicicus1 site
- Amorphognathus superbus1 site
- Amorphognathus ventilatus1 site
- Aphelognathus1 site
- Bancroftina1 site
- Belodina confluens1 site
- Birksfeldia circumplicata1 site
- Cornuodus1 site
- Dalmanella portranensis1 site
- Dapsilodus mutatus1 site
- Decoriconus1 site
- Decoroproetus furubergensis1 site
- Dicoelosia lata1 site
- Dolerorthis inaequicostata1 site
The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Mcewanella dorsisulcata, 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- The Caradoc brachiopod and trilobite fauna of the Upper Kirkerud Group, Hadeland, Norway2
- The Fauna of the Potrane Limestone, II1
Each of the 3 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
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No picture of Mcewanella dorsisulcata was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.
Wikipedia and 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 Mcewanella dorsisulcata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.
No 3D scan of Mcewanella dorsisulcata 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 itMcewanella through timeFormations of the OrdovicianThe world it lived on
Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Wright 1964