Terebellum

Terebellum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StrombidaePBDB
Diet
omnivore, grazerPBDB, for Strombidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Strombidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Strombidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 59 million years on record.

The record covers at least 59.24 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 61.66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 1 of 103 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 72 of 103 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 4 of 103 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 13 of 103 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 8 of 103 occurrencesPleistocene — about 5 of 103 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences61–59 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 4 occurrences55–52 Mya — about 5 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 5 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 5 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 7 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 7 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 7 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 6 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 5 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 11 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 9 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 1 occurrence31–29 Mya — about 1 occurrence29–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence23–21 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–8.4 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences8.4–6.3 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences6.3–4.2 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.2–2.1 Mya — about 7 occurrences2.1–0 Mya — about 4 occurrences59.24 Mya129 ka63 Mya0 Mya

103 occurrences of Terebellum on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

103 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

47 formations

Kohat — 33.60°N, 71.90°EKohat — 33.60°N, 71.51°EShekhan — 33.58°N, 71.83°EShekhan — 33.60°N, 71.90°EPoivre — 20.75°S, 115.33°EPoivre — 20.83°S, 115.42°EBaska — 29.95°N, 70.12°EUmm al-Rua’us — 26.43°N, 50.11°EBarton Beds — 50.67°N, 1.08°WBarton Beds — 51.28°N, 0.63°WSuwannee Limestone — 28.56°N, 82.39°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.28°N, 83.71°WTogopi — 5.50°N, 117.00°EUpper Kalibeng — 7.37°S, 111.32°EReklaw — 31.65°N, 95.07°WReklaw — 31.92°N, 94.68°WTroy Limestone — 18.19°N, 76.47°WTroy Limestone — 18.32°N, 77.13°WPromina — 43.95°N, 16.12°EGhazij — 29.95°N, 70.12°EGhazij — 30.42°N, 70.51°EDrazinda — 29.95°N, 70.12°EDrazinda — 30.42°N, 70.51°EChapelton — 18.33°N, 77.92°WEwekoro — 6.92°N, 3.19°EHeadon Beds — 50.67°N, 1.08°WZallah — 28.88°N, 18.87°EBracklesham Beds — 51.28°N, 0.63°WGatuncillo — 9.18°N, 79.52°WKhuiala — 27.86°N, 72.93°EAbbas — 16.75°N, 42.00°ECeru di Cueba — 12.11°N, 68.81°WLower Menkrawit — 1.50°N, 116.50°E

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The named rock units Terebellum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 23 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 30 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Terebellum and its relatives

Eocene

Where Terebellum and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

1,192 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 73 sites for Terebellum, 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

50 references

Each of the 103 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. 38 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 Terebellum

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Terebellum 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Röding 1798