Sphaeropyle

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

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ActinommidaePBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Radiolaria
Life habit
planktonicPBDB, for Radiolaria
Motility
passively mobilePBDB, for Radiolaria
Environment
marinePBDB, for Radiolaria

Time the record covers

At least 23 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 364 occurrencesEocene — about 1 of 364 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 364 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 5 of 364 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 30 of 364 occurrencesPleistocene — about 312 of 364 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 13 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 64 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 281 occurrences23.04 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

364 occurrences of Sphaeropyle on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

364 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

1 formation

Esmeraldas — 1.00°N, 79.75°W

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The named rock units Sphaeropyle has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 363 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Sphaeropyle and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Sphaeropyle and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

187 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 359 sites for Sphaeropyle, and this reads 240 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

21 references

Each of the 364 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. 9 further references are not listed. Each entry links to doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content0

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

No 3D scan of Sphaeropyle was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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 itActinommidae through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Dreyer 1889