Mirifusus

No picture of Mirifusus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. 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 Mirifusus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ParvicingulidaePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 51 million years on record.

The record covers at least 170.9 Mya to 119.57 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 174.7 Mya to 113.2 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 0 of 437 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 72 of 437 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 123 of 437 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 242 of 437 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous176–174 Mya — about 1 occurrence174–172 Mya — about 4 occurrences172–170 Mya — about 7 occurrences170–167 Mya — about 15 occurrences167–165 Mya — about 17 occurrences165–163 Mya — about 16 occurrences163–161 Mya — about 13 occurrences161–159 Mya — about 4 occurrences159–157 Mya — about 9 occurrences157–155 Mya — about 9 occurrences155–152 Mya — about 7 occurrences152–150 Mya — about 9 occurrences150–148 Mya — about 11 occurrences148–146 Mya — about 14 occurrences146–144 Mya — about 36 occurrences144–142 Mya — about 44 occurrences142–140 Mya — about 18 occurrences140–138 Mya — about 22 occurrences138–135 Mya — about 36 occurrences135–133 Mya — about 39 occurrences133–131 Mya — about 26 occurrences131–129 Mya — about 20 occurrences129–127 Mya — about 20 occurrences127–125 Mya — about 16 occurrences125–123 Mya — about 12 occurrences123–120 Mya — about 9 occurrences120–118 Mya — about 2 occurrences118–116 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences116–114 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences114–112 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences170.9 Mya119.57 Mya176 Mya112 Mya

437 occurrences of Mirifusus on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. 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

437 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

34 formations

Maiolica — 43.26°N, 12.81°EMaiolica — 43.13°N, 13.17°EMaiolica — 43.35°N, 12.71°EMaiolica — 43.48°N, 12.72°EMaiolica — 45.64°N, 9.95°EMaiolica — 44.00°N, 14.00°EJosephine — 41.87°N, 123.83°WOberalmer Schichten — 47.68°N, 13.28°EOberalmer Schichten — 47.62°N, 13.25°EOberalmer Schichten — 47.70°N, 13.07°EOberalmer Schichten — 47.73°N, 13.03°EWahrah — 22.97°N, 57.06°EWahrah — 23.27°N, 56.65°EWahrah — 22.74°N, 57.26°EUnit 2 — 35.05°N, 120.17°WRosso Ammonitico Medio — 38.00°N, 12.83°EUnit 1 — 35.05°N, 120.17°WTaman — 21.28°N, 98.82°WMonte Alpe Cherts — 44.37°N, 9.43°ESid'r — 22.93°N, 57.64°ESid'r — 22.89°N, 57.74°ESid'r — 22.71°N, 57.19°ESchrambach-Schichten — 47.73°N, 13.03°ESokolica Radiolarite — 49.25°N, 20.92°EWerkkalk — 49.01°N, 11.15°EWerkkalk — 49.02°N, 11.01°EScisti a Fucoidi — 43.48°N, 12.72°ECalcare Selcifero di Fonzaso — 46.02°N, 11.75°EIspartacay — 37.69°N, 30.68°EBallik — 37.69°N, 30.68°EBallik — 36.55°N, 30.45°EFonzaso — 45.88°N, 8.64°EFonzaso — 46.05°N, 11.88°ERosso ad Aptici — 45.88°N, 8.64°ETauglboden-Schichten — 47.68°N, 13.28°EKalur Chert — 42.02°N, 20.05°ECzajakowa Radiolarite — 49.37°N, 20.62°EHinodani — 33.77°N, 134.25°ENusplingen Limestone — 48.12°N, 8.87°E

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The named rock units Mirifusus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 10 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 84 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Mirifusus and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Mirifusus and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

783 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 228 sites for Mirifusus, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

40 references

Each of the 437 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. 28 further references are not listed. 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

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No picture of Mirifusus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Mirifusus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Mirifusus 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.

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. Pessagno 1977