Spirigerella obovata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SpirigerellaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Athyrididina
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Athyrididina
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Athyrididina
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 264.28 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 266.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Permian — about 57 of 57 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 57 occurrences267–267 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences266–266 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences266–265 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences265–265 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences265–264 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences264–264 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences264–263 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences263–263 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences263–262 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences262–262 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences262–261 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences261–260 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences260–260 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences260–259 Mya — about 4 occurrences259–259 Mya — about 5 occurrences259–258 Mya — about 5 occurrences258–258 Mya — about 5 occurrences258–257 Mya — about 5 occurrences257–257 Mya — about 5 occurrences257–256 Mya — about 5 occurrences256–256 Mya — about 5 occurrences256–255 Mya — about 5 occurrences255–255 Mya — about 5 occurrences255–254 Mya — about 4 occurrences254–254 Mya — about 1 occurrence254–253 Mya — about 1 occurrence253–252 Mya — about 1 occurrence252–252 Mya — about 1 occurrence252–251 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences264.28 Mya254.14 Mya267.4 Mya251.4 Mya

57 occurrences of Spirigerella obovata 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

57 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

Wargal — 32.57°N, 72.41°EWargal — 32.52°N, 72.30°EWargal — 32.43°N, 72.28°EWargal — 32.45°N, 72.22°EWargal — 32.50°N, 72.03°EWargal — 32.45°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.55°N, 71.77°EWargal — 32.63°N, 71.75°EWargal — 32.72°N, 71.75°EWargal — 32.70°N, 71.65°EWargal — 32.26°N, 71.10°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 72.23°EChhidru — 32.42°N, 72.12°EChhidru — 32.45°N, 72.07°EChhidru — 32.48°N, 72.02°EChhidru — 32.45°N, 71.95°EChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.83°EChhidru — 32.63°N, 71.75°EAmb — 32.45°N, 72.12°EAmb — 32.57°N, 72.41°E

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The named rock units Spirigerella obovata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Spirigerella obovata and its relatives

Permian

Where Spirigerella obovata and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

441 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 57 sites for Spirigerella obovata, 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

1 reference

Each of the 57 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 the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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

No 3D scan of Spirigerella obovata 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 itSpirigerella through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Reed 1944