Sphenotus aeolus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SphenotusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Bivalvia
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Bivalvia
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Bivalvia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At most 36 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 358.86 Mya and 323.4 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Devonian — about 0 of 3 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 3 of 3 occurrencesCarboniferous360–358 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences358–357 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences357–356 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences356–355 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences355–353 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences353–352 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences352–351 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences351–350 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences350–349 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences349–347 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences347–346 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences346–345 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences345–344 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences344–342 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences342–341 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences341–340 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences340–339 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences339–337 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences337–336 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences336–335 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences335–334 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences334–333 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences333–331 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences331–330 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences330–329 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences329–328 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences328–326 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences326–325 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences325–324 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences324–323 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences359.6 Mya322.7 Mya

3 occurrences of Sphenotus aeolus 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

3 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

3 formations

Reynolds Limestone — 39.33°N, 79.85°WLilydale Shale — 39.33°N, 79.85°WBaird — 40.79°N, 122.30°W

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

Sphenotus aeolus and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Sphenotus aeolus and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

88 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Sphenotus aeolus, 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

2 references

Each of the 3 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 doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content0

No picture of Sphenotus aeolus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Sphenotus aeolus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. (Hall and Whitfield 1869)