Punctospirifer ambiguus

No picture of Punctospirifer ambiguus 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 Punctospirifer ambiguus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PunctospiriferPBDB
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 most 32 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 330.3 Mya and 298.9 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Carboniferous — about 2 of 2 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 2 occurrences331–330 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences330–329 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences329–328 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences328–327 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences327–325 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences325–324 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences324–323 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences323–322 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences322–321 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences321–320 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences320–319 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences319–318 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences318–317 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences317–316 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences316–315 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences315–314 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences314–312 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences312–311 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences311–310 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences310–309 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences309–308 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences308–307 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences307–306 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences306–305 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences305–304 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences304–303 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences303–302 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences302–300 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences300–299 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences299–298 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences330.9 Mya298.3 Mya

2 occurrences of Punctospirifer ambiguus on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

Poperima — 24.98°S, 151.37°ERands — 25.03°S, 151.37°E

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

Punctospirifer ambiguus and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Punctospirifer ambiguus and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

11 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 2 sites for Punctospirifer ambiguus, 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 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 Punctospirifer ambiguus 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 Punctospirifer ambiguus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Punctospirifer ambiguus 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 itPunctospirifer through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Maxwell 1964