Somalirhynchia africana

Somalirhynchia africana

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SomalirhynchiaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 165.3 Mya to 154.8 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 170.9 Mya to 149.2 Mya.

Middle Jurassic — about 19 of 66 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 47 of 66 occurrencesLate Jurassic171–171 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences171–170 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences170–169 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences169–168 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences168–168 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences168–167 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences167–166 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences166–165 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences165–165 Mya — about 3 occurrences165–164 Mya — about 4 occurrences164–163 Mya — about 4 occurrences163–162 Mya — about 4 occurrences162–162 Mya — about 4 occurrences162–161 Mya — about 3 occurrences161–160 Mya — about 3 occurrences160–159 Mya — about 3 occurrences159–159 Mya — about 3 occurrences159–158 Mya — about 4 occurrences158–157 Mya — about 6 occurrences157–156 Mya — about 6 occurrences156–156 Mya — about 6 occurrences156–155 Mya — about 6 occurrences155–154 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences154–153 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences153–152 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences152–152 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences152–151 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences151–150 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences150–149 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences149–149 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences165.3 Mya154.8 Mya171.4 Mya148.7 Mya

66 occurrences of Somalirhynchia africana on record, most of them in the Late Jurassic. 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

66 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

16 formations

Hanifa — 23.90°N, 46.28°EHanifa — 22.40°N, 46.95°EHanifa — 24.83°N, 46.00°EHanifa — 24.95°N, 46.15°EHanifa — 25.17°N, 46.15°EHanifa — 25.63°N, 45.67°EHanifa — 25.83°N, 45.17°EHanifa — 26.03°N, 45.17°EHanifa — 24.27°N, 46.55°EAntalo — 13.62°N, 39.44°EAntalo — 13.65°N, 39.42°ETataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.92°N, 10.45°EBihen Limestone — 10.25°N, 45.12°EBihen Limestone — 10.23°N, 45.47°EBihen Limestone — 11.02°N, 48.97°EBihen Limestone — 10.15°N, 45.10°EBihen Limestone — 11.02°N, 48.40°EShuqra — 14.27°N, 48.57°EShuqra — 14.32°N, 48.45°EMadbi — 14.27°N, 48.57°EMadbi — 14.32°N, 48.45°EGadhada — 23.50°N, 70.50°EGahodleh Shale — 10.25°N, 45.12°EGahodleh Shale — 10.17°N, 45.13°EZohar — 30.65°N, 35.00°EBihin Limestone — 10.17°N, 45.13°EBihin Limestone — 10.44°N, 43.17°EDaua Limestone — 3.90°N, 41.20°EMatmor — 30.65°N, 35.00°EAntalo Limestone — 14.50°N, 40.68°EZohar — 30.70°N, 33.38°ESabaki — 3.08°S, 39.82°ESa Wer — 10.34°N, 42.80°E

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The named rock units Somalirhynchia africana has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 11 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Somalirhynchia africana and its relatives

Late Jurassic

Where Somalirhynchia africana and its relatives were recorded in the Late Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

219 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 45 sites for Somalirhynchia africana, 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

17 references

Each of the 66 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. 5 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 Somalirhynchia africana

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Somalirhynchia africana 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. Weir 1925