Paraspiriferina

Paraspiriferina

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ParaspiriferinidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spiriferinida
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Spiriferinida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Spiriferinida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 39 million years on record.

The record covers at least 293.52 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 0 of 315 occurrencesPermian — about 315 of 315 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 315 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 1 occurrence298–297 Mya — about 2 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 2 occurrences295–293 Mya — about 2 occurrences293–292 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences292–290 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 2 occurrences282–280 Mya — about 2 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 2 occurrences279–277 Mya — about 2 occurrences277–275 Mya — about 2 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 6 occurrences274–272 Mya — about 12 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 12 occurrences271–269 Mya — about 12 occurrences269–267 Mya — about 12 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 26 occurrences266–264 Mya — about 28 occurrences264–262 Mya — about 23 occurrences262–261 Mya — about 23 occurrences261–259 Mya — about 26 occurrences259–257 Mya — about 30 occurrences257–256 Mya — about 30 occurrences256–254 Mya — about 30 occurrences254–253 Mya — about 16 occurrences253–251 Mya — about 7 occurrences293.52 Mya254.14 Mya299.8 Mya251 Mya

315 occurrences of Paraspiriferina on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

315 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

36 formations

Bell Canyon — 31.83°N, 104.87°WBell Canyon — 31.92°N, 104.77°WBell Canyon — 31.97°N, 104.74°WBell Canyon — 31.97°N, 104.75°WBell Canyon — 31.95°N, 104.73°WBell Canyon — 31.80°N, 104.78°WBell Canyon — 31.26°N, 104.51°WWord — 30.40°N, 103.16°WWord — 30.40°N, 103.14°WWord — 30.34°N, 103.30°WWord — 30.38°N, 103.29°WWord — 30.23°N, 103.44°WWargal — 32.61°N, 71.76°EWargal — 32.52°N, 72.30°EWargal — 32.45°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.55°N, 71.77°EWargal — 32.72°N, 71.75°EWargal — 32.70°N, 71.65°EWargal — 33.00°N, 71.53°ECapitan — 31.92°N, 104.82°WCapitan — 31.99°N, 104.78°WCapitan — 32.16°N, 104.50°WCapitan — 32.12°N, 104.58°WCapitan — 31.88°N, 104.86°WCapitan — 32.02°N, 104.73°WCapitan — 32.18°N, 104.44°WCapitan — 32.03°N, 104.02°WRoad Canyon — 30.24°N, 103.44°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WRoad Canyon — 30.36°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.34°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.27°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.40°WChangxing — 29.49°N, 106.40°EChangxing — 25.72°N, 112.82°EChangxing — 26.33°N, 105.93°EChangxing — 26.61°N, 107.22°EChangxing — 30.21°N, 106.76°EWegener Halvo — 74.03°N, 21.70°WWegener Halvo — 74.03°N, 21.58°WWegener Halvo — 71.43°N, 24.55°WWegener Halvo — 72.10°N, 23.90°WCherry Canyon — 31.86°N, 104.82°WCherry Canyon — 31.87°N, 104.87°WFord — 54.83°N, 1.37°WFord — 54.89°N, 1.41°WRat Buri — 7.38°N, 99.30°ERat Buri — 13.46°N, 99.74°EChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.78°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.15°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 72.23°EChhidru — 32.48°N, 72.13°EChhidru — 32.48°N, 72.02°EChhidru — 32.63°N, 71.75°EChhidru — 32.72°N, 71.75°EChhidru — 32.97°N, 71.57°ELongtan — 29.91°N, 106.52°ELongtan — 30.09°N, 106.64°ELongtan — 26.50°N, 105.58°ENeal Ranch — 30.36°N, 103.13°WNeal Ranch — 30.35°N, 103.14°WHeshan — 23.82°N, 108.87°EEpiskopi — 37.31°N, 23.42°EEpiskopi — 37.33°N, 23.46°EPiqiang — 39.75°N, 77.93°ESkinner Ranch — 30.20°N, 103.43°WSkinner Ranch — 30.29°N, 103.30°WPark City — 42.98°N, 109.02°WRoad — 30.35°N, 103.27°WCibolo — 29.86°N, 104.32°WDelaware Mountain — 31.39°N, 104.55°WPaoshui — 23.60°N, 109.28°EGundara — 38.76°N, 70.88°EAntimonio — 30.77°N, 112.57°W

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The named rock units Paraspiriferina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 12 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 22 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Paraspiriferina and its relatives

Permian

Where Paraspiriferina and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

2,285 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 277 sites for Paraspiriferina, and this reads 240 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

40 references

Each of the 315 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

Media content1

Picture of Paraspiriferina

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

No 3D scan of Paraspiriferina 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 itParaspiriferinidae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Reed 1944)