Spiriferella

Spiriferella

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 88 million years on record.

The record covers at least 342.9 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 351.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 44 of 695 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 651 of 695 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 695 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences350–347 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences347–344 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences344–340 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences340–337 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences337–333 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences326–323 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences323–319 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences319–316 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences316–312 Mya — about 3 occurrences312–309 Mya — about 4 occurrences309–305 Mya — about 5 occurrences305–302 Mya — about 13 occurrences302–298 Mya — about 17 occurrences298–295 Mya — about 6 occurrences295–292 Mya — about 56 occurrences292–288 Mya — about 51 occurrences288–285 Mya — about 24 occurrences285–281 Mya — about 27 occurrences281–278 Mya — about 29 occurrences278–274 Mya — about 29 occurrences274–271 Mya — about 40 occurrences271–267 Mya — about 40 occurrences267–264 Mya — about 118 occurrences264–260 Mya — about 41 occurrences260–257 Mya — about 66 occurrences257–253 Mya — about 77 occurrences253–250 Mya — about 43 occurrences342.9 Mya254.14 Mya354 Mya250 Mya

695 occurrences of Spiriferella on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

695 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

105 formations

Jungle Creek — 64.97°N, 140.90°WJungle Creek — 65.88°N, 136.15°WJungle Creek — 65.89°N, 136.11°WJungle Creek — 65.82°N, 138.54°WJungle Creek — 65.38°N, 140.66°WJungle Creek — 65.29°N, 140.71°WJungle Creek — 65.30°N, 140.76°WJungle Creek — 67.52°N, 136.50°WJungle Creek — 65.82°N, 136.54°WJungle Creek — 65.80°N, 140.35°WSenja — 29.45°N, 83.00°ESenja — 29.60°N, 82.83°ESenja — 29.55°N, 82.88°ESenja — 29.65°N, 82.88°ESenja — 29.47°N, 83.07°ESenja — 28.92°N, 83.36°ESenja — 29.10°N, 83.42°ESenja — 29.55°N, 82.60°ESenja — 29.15°N, 83.16°ESenja — 28.93°N, 83.10°ESenja — 28.68°N, 84.05°EWegener Halvo — 74.38°N, 21.58°WWegener Halvo — 74.28°N, 20.66°WWegener Halvo — 74.06°N, 21.70°WWegener Halvo — 74.03°N, 21.50°WWegener Halvo — 73.97°N, 21.63°WWegener Halvo — 74.00°N, 21.44°WWegener Halvo — 71.61°N, 22.37°WWegener Halvo — 73.32°N, 22.70°WWegener Halvo — 71.68°N, 22.64°WWegener Halvo — 74.21°N, 20.79°WWegener Halvo — 71.43°N, 24.55°WWegener Halvo — 72.10°N, 23.90°WWegener Halvo — 73.97°N, 21.17°WWord — 30.39°N, 103.18°WWord — 30.40°N, 103.14°WWord — 30.34°N, 103.30°WWord — 30.23°N, 103.44°WBell Canyon — 31.92°N, 104.77°WBell Canyon — 31.80°N, 104.78°WBell Canyon — 31.26°N, 104.51°WCoyote Butte — 43.95°N, 119.76°WCoyote Butte — 43.92°N, 119.88°WCoyote Butte — 43.98°N, 119.73°WCoyote Butte — 43.94°N, 119.79°WCoyote Butte — 44.06°N, 119.68°WZhesi — 42.67°N, 110.47°EZhesi — 42.65°N, 110.47°EZhesi — 44.35°N, 117.65°ETakhandit — 65.18°N, 141.75°WTakhandit — 65.18°N, 141.70°WTakhandit — 65.35°N, 141.65°WTakhandit — 65.33°N, 141.78°WCallytharra — 25.88°S, 115.50°ECallytharra — 25.15°S, 115.05°EEttrain — 65.88°N, 136.13°WEttrain — 65.38°N, 140.67°WEttrain — 64.97°N, 140.90°WEttrain — 65.33°N, 140.69°WEttrain — 65.38°N, 140.58°WNangung — 29.48°N, 83.08°ENangung — 28.48°N, 83.08°ENangung — 29.45°N, 83.00°ETahkandit — 64.97°N, 140.89°WTahkandit — 65.88°N, 136.22°WTahkandit — 65.20°N, 140.65°WTahkandit — 66.25°N, 139.75°WTahkandit — 66.08°N, 140.00°WTahkandit — 67.53°N, 136.43°WAssistance — 76.96°N, 95.36°WAssistance — 80.00°N, 81.75°WAssistance — 79.50°N, 83.42°WAssistance — 80.08°N, 81.75°WAssistance — 78.52°N, 85.42°WAssistance — 78.54°N, 85.92°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.26°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.24°N, 98.08°WGraham — 33.16°N, 98.17°WGraham — 33.05°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.12°N, 98.51°WGraham — 33.13°N, 98.22°WKapp Starostin — 78.08°N, 13.80°EKapp Starostin — 78.33°N, 16.63°EKapp Starostin — 78.53°N, 15.93°ETakhandit — 64.97°N, 140.89°WQubuerga — 28.27°N, 86.97°EQubuerga — 28.32°N, 86.85°EQubuerga — 28.43°N, 86.12°EGreat Bear Cape — 77.36°N, 87.61°WGreat Bear Cape — 81.30°N, 92.35°WGreat Bear Cape — 78.45°N, 85.55°WTrold Fiord — 75.95°N, 111.76°WTrold Fiord — 80.10°N, 81.65°WTrold Fiord — 81.90°N, 79.90°WTrold Fiord — 79.87°N, 82.92°WTrold Fiord — 79.50°N, 83.42°WTrold Fiord — 80.08°N, 81.75°WTsagan-Ula — 42.50°N, 104.30°ETsagan-Ula — 42.15°N, 103.55°ETsagan-Ula — 41.88°N, 104.90°ETsagan-Ula — 42.80°N, 108.40°ETsagan-Ula — 42.75°N, 108.10°ECherry Canyon — 31.86°N, 104.82°WNosoni — 40.91°N, 122.20°WNosoni — 40.96°N, 122.21°WAmb — 32.50°N, 71.93°EAmb — 32.48°N, 71.85°EAmb — 32.63°N, 71.75°EAmb — 32.72°N, 71.75°EAmb — 32.70°N, 71.68°ERoad Canyon — 30.36°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.32°WRoad Canyon — 30.22°N, 103.44°W

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The named rock units Spiriferella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 81 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 94 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Spiriferella and its relatives

Permian

Where Spiriferella and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,228 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 631 sites for Spiriferella, 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

104 references

Each of the 695 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. 92 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 Spiriferella

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

No 3D scan of Spiriferella 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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What may have been alongside itSpiriferellidae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Tschernyschew 1902)