Microptychis expetendus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MicroptychisPBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB, for Pseudozygopleuridae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Pseudozygopleuridae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Pseudozygopleuridae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Pseudozygopleuridae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pseudozygopleuridae

Time the record covers

At least 9.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 312.8 Mya to 303.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 318.6 Mya to 298.9 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 6 of 6 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 6 occurrences319–318 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences318–318 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences318–317 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences317–316 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences316–316 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences316–315 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences315–314 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences314–314 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences314–313 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences313–312 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences312–312 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences312–311 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences311–310 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences310–309 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences309–309 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences309–308 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences308–307 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences307–307 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences307–306 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences306–305 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences305–304 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences304–303 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences303–303 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–300 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences300–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences299–298 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences312.8 Mya303.7 Mya319.1 Mya298.4 Mya

6 occurrences of Microptychis expetendus 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

6 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

5 formations

Allegheny — 38.65°N, 82.67°WAllegheny — 39.27°N, 82.61°WPutnam Hill — 40.48°N, 81.45°WPottsville — 39.27°N, 82.50°WMadera Limestone — 35.75°N, 107.13°WWashingtonville — 40.60°N, 81.31°W

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

Microptychis expetendus and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Microptychis expetendus and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

133 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 6 sites for Microptychis expetendus, 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

3 references

Each of the 6 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 content0

No picture of Microptychis expetendus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Microptychis expetendus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Hoare and Sturgeon 1981