Obolella atlantica

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ObolellaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Obolellida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Obolellida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Obolellida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Obolellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 9.5 million years on record.

The record covers at least 506.5 Mya to 497 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 516.2 Mya to 486.85 Mya.

Cambrian — about 3 of 3 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 0 of 3 occurrences517–516 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences516–515 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences515–514 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences514–513 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences513–512 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences512–511 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences511–510 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences510–509 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences509–508 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences508–507 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences507–506 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences497–496 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences496–495 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences495–494 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences494–493 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences493–492 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences492–491 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences491–490 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences490–489 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences489–488 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences488–487 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences487–486 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences506.5 Mya497 Mya516.8 Mya486.3 Mya

3 occurrences of Obolella atlantica on record, most of them in the Cambrian. 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

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

3 formations

Weymouth — 41.95°N, 71.28°WSofiekammen — 76.90°N, 15.98°EBrigus — 47.85°N, 53.94°W

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

Obolella atlantica and its relatives

Cambrian

Where Obolella atlantica and its relatives were recorded in the Cambrian.

Found in the same rock

36 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Obolella atlantica, 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 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 Obolella atlantica 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 Obolella atlantica, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Obolella atlantica 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. Walcott 1890