Sorites

Sorites is a genus of benthic Foraminifera, in the family Soritidae, order Miliolida. Its type species is Nautilus orbiculus. Its chronostratigraphic range ranges from the Miocene to the present.

Sorites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SoritinaePBDB
Diet
deposit feederPBDB, for Miliolina
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Miliolina
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Miliolina
Environment
hypersaline,marinePBDB, for Miliolina

Time the record covers

At least 20 million years on record.

The record covers at least 20.45 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 2 of 30 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 16 of 30 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 30 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 8 of 30 occurrencesPleistocene28–27 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.3–8.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.4–7.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.4–6.5 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.5–5.6 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences5.6–4.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences4.6–3.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences3.7–2.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences2.8–1.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.9–928 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences928 ka–0 Mya — about 7 occurrences20.45 Mya11.7 ka27.8 Mya0 Mya

30 occurrences of Sorites 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

30 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

8 formations

Bermont — 26.89°N, 82.01°WMarada — 29.23°N, 19.20°ELagunitas — 21.62°N, 79.53°WJaffna Limestone — 6.40°N, 81.58°ETorreya — 30.18°N, 84.38°WRhodes — 36.42°N, 28.20°ESubis Limestone — 3.77°N, 113.78°EGüines — 22.98°N, 81.50°W

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The named rock units Sorites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 22 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Sorites and its relatives

Miocene

Where Sorites and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

509 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 24 sites for Sorites, 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

22 references

Each of the 30 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. 10 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 Sorites

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Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Sorites 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

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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.