Smittina

Smittina is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Smittinidae.

Smittina

Parent Géry · Public Domain · via Wikidata/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SmittinidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Cheilostomata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Gymnolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 37.71 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 41.03 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 24 of 123 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 28 of 123 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 41 of 123 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 16 of 123 occurrencesPleistocene — about 11 of 123 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 3 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 7 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 7 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 2 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 3 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 3 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 4 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 4 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 4 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 4 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 4 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 3 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 3 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 3 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 3 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 4 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 6 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 5 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.8–8.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.4–7.0 Mya — about 3 occurrences7.0–5.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences5.6–4.2 Mya — about 7 occurrences4.2–2.8 Mya — about 9 occurrences2.8–1.4 Mya — about 5 occurrences1.4–0 Mya — about 10 occurrences37.71 Mya11.7 ka41.9 Mya0 Mya

123 occurrences of Smittina on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

123 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

21 formations

Marianna Limestone — 31.52°N, 87.33°WMarianna Limestone — 31.07°N, 87.10°WMarianna Limestone — 31.15°N, 87.15°WMarianna Limestone — 31.53°N, 87.89°WCrystal River Limestone — 30.77°N, 85.23°WCrystal River Limestone — 29.65°N, 82.61°WCrystal River Limestone — 28.71°N, 82.57°WMoodys Branch — 31.89°N, 88.39°WMoodys Branch — 31.50°N, 87.80°WMoodys Branch — 32.32°N, 90.16°WLower Coralline Limestone — 35.93°N, 14.44°EPachuta Marl — 31.14°N, 87.94°WRed Bluff — 30.68°N, 88.68°WRed Bluff — 31.73°N, 88.20°WRed Bluff — 31.15°N, 87.15°WRed Bluff — 31.54°N, 87.52°WWataepoolan limestone — 37.93°S, 141.41°EWataepoolan limestone — 37.93°S, 141.51°EGlenaulin clay — 37.93°S, 141.41°EBumpnose — 30.77°N, 85.23°WPolonez Cove — 62.25°S, 59.00°WKolymbia — 36.25°N, 28.17°EMcBean — 33.25°N, 81.93°WMcBean — 33.23°N, 81.82°WMt Brown "E" Limestone — 43.02°S, 172.71°EOtotara Limestone — 45.07°S, 170.92°ESanta Barbara — 34.40°N, 119.69°WCrystal River — 30.77°N, 85.23°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WDry Branch — 33.12°N, 81.70°WDry Creek Sands — 34.75°S, 138.68°ENiebla Calcarenite — 37.35°N, 6.67°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°W

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The named rock units Smittina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 63 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Smittina and its relatives

Miocene

Where Smittina and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,618 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 83 sites for Smittina, 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

31 references

Each of the 123 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. 19 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 Smittina

Credit
Parent Géry
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Smittina 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.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Norman 1903