Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OphiuraPBDB
Diet
detritivore, suspension feederPBDB, for Ophiuroidea
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Ophiuroidea
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Ophiuroidea
Vision
blindPBDB, for Ophiuroidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Ophiuroidea

Time the record covers

At most 43 million years on record.

The one occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 143.1 Mya and 100.5 Mya, which is a dating window rather than a span.

Late Jurassic — about 0 of 1 occurrenceEarly Cretaceous — about 1 of 1 occurrenceEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 0 of 1 occurrence144–142 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences142–141 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences141–140 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences140–138 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences138–137 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences137–135 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences135–134 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences134–132 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences132–131 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences131–129 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences129–128 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences128–126 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences126–125 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences125–123 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences123–122 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences122–120 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences120–119 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences119–117 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences117–116 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences116–114 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences114–113 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences113–111 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences111–110 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences110–109 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences109–107 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences107–106 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences106–104 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences104–103 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences103–101 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences101–100 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences144 Mya99.6 Mya

1 occurrence of Ophiura graysonensis 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

1 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

1 formation

Grayson — 32.64°N, 97.24°W

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

Ophiura graysonensis and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Ophiura graysonensis and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1 site for Ophiura graysonensis, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.

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

1 reference

Each of the 1 occurrence 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 content1

Picture of Ophiura graysonensis

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Ophiura graysonensis 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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What may have been alongside itOphiura through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Alexander 1931)