Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus

No picture of Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus 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 Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
Pterotyphis (Prototyphis)PBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Muricidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Muricidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Muricidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 14 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.9 Mya to 1.63 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 18.7 Mya to 340 ka.

Miocene — about 1 of 2 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 2 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 2 occurrencesPleistocene19–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences1.9–1.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.3–640 ka Mya — about 0.5 occurrences640 ka–0 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15.9 Mya1.63 Mya19.2 Mya0 Mya

2 occurrences of Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

2 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

2 formations

Rifle Butts — 45.12°S, 170.93°ETainui Shell Bed — 39.95°S, 174.98°E

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The named rock units Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 2 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 Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus 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 Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus 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. (Finlay 1930)