Terebratula

Terebratula is a modern genus of brachiopods with a fossil record dating back to the Late Devonian. These brachiopods are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders and have a worldwide distribution.

Terebratula

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TerebratulinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Terebratulidae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Terebratulidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Terebratulidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 262 million years on record.

The record covers at least 264.28 Mya to 1.8 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 266.9 Mya to 774 ka.

Permian — about 2 of 660 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 2 of 660 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 30 of 660 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 59 of 660 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 72 of 660 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 86 of 660 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 105 of 660 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 75 of 660 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 24 of 660 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 9 of 660 occurrencesEocene — about 34 of 660 occurrencesOligocene — about 2 of 660 occurrencesMiocene — about 95 of 660 occurrencesPliocene — about 45 of 660 occurrencesPleistocene — about 20 of 660 occurrences272–263 Mya — about 2 occurrences254–245 Mya — about 8 occurrences245–236 Mya — about 33 occurrences236–227 Mya — about 30 occurrences227–218 Mya — about 5 occurrences218–209 Mya — about 4 occurrences209–200 Mya — about 15 occurrences200–191 Mya — about 30 occurrences191–181 Mya — about 25 occurrences181–172 Mya — about 21 occurrences172–163 Mya — about 54 occurrences163–154 Mya — about 105 occurrences154–145 Mya — about 23 occurrences145–136 Mya — about 9 occurrences136–127 Mya — about 36 occurrences127–118 Mya — about 13 occurrences118–109 Mya — about 11 occurrences109–100 Mya — about 6 occurrences100–91 Mya — about 6 occurrences91–82 Mya — about 7 occurrences82–73 Mya — about 7 occurrences73–64 Mya — about 5 occurrences64–54 Mya — about 9 occurrences54–45 Mya — about 10 occurrences45–36 Mya — about 9 occurrences36–27 Mya — about 14 occurrences27–18 Mya — about 11 occurrences18–9.1 Mya — about 72 occurrences9.1–0 Mya — about 77 occurrences264.28 Mya1.8 Mya272 Mya0 Mya

660 occurrences of Terebratula on record, most of them in the Late Jurassic. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

660 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

104 formations

Tataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.33°N, 10.42°ETataouine — 32.57°N, 10.35°ETataouine — 32.15°N, 10.63°ETataouine — 32.62°N, 10.40°ETataouine — 32.92°N, 10.45°ECassian — 46.53°N, 11.92°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.65°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.47°N, 12.07°ECassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.51°N, 11.76°EHanifa — 23.90°N, 46.28°EHanifa — 23.50°N, 46.85°EHanifa — 23.08°N, 46.53°EHanifa — 22.40°N, 46.95°EHanifa — 24.52°N, 45.95°EHanifa — 24.95°N, 46.15°EHanifa — 25.17°N, 46.15°EHanifa — 25.63°N, 45.67°EHanifa — 26.03°N, 45.17°EHanifa — 26.33°N, 45.00°ELautaro — 29.01°S, 70.20°WLautaro — 29.11°S, 70.30°WLautaro — 29.36°S, 70.19°WLautaro — 29.47°S, 70.16°WLautaro — 29.44°S, 70.13°WLautaro — 28.20°S, 70.00°WLautaro — 28.04°S, 70.00°WLautaro — 28.14°S, 69.96°WLautaro — 28.21°S, 69.94°WLautaro — 28.15°S, 69.79°WLautaro — 27.99°S, 69.71°WLautaro — 27.70°S, 69.61°WLautaro — 27.89°S, 69.84°WWilson Bluff — 31.68°S, 129.00°EWilson Bluff — 32.07°S, 126.10°EWilson Bluff — 31.02°S, 126.08°EPinczow — 50.52°N, 20.53°EPinczow — 50.45°N, 20.80°EPinczow — 50.47°N, 20.67°EPinczow — 50.43°N, 20.80°EPinczow — 50.54°N, 21.54°EPinczow — 50.46°N, 20.55°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°ECalcari Oolitici di S. Vigilio — 45.75°N, 11.13°EZone de Pierre jaune — 47.05°N, 7.08°EKorytnica Limestones — 48.94°N, 19.26°EKorytnica Limestones — 49.08°N, 19.33°ERosso Ammonitico — 45.75°N, 11.13°ERosso Ammonitico — 45.62°N, 11.03°EToolinna Limestone — 32.07°S, 126.10°EToolinna Limestone — 33.12°S, 124.02°EVuache — 46.83°N, 6.52°ECouche de Villers — 47.02°N, 6.92°ECoral Rag de Trouville — 49.32°N, 0.03°ECoral Rag de Trouville — 49.30°N, 0.07°WArgiles a Lopha gregarea — 49.30°N, 0.07°WSagavanirktok — 69.96°N, 144.77°WFinikia — 35.30°N, 25.27°EAquia — 38.87°N, 76.80°WAquia — 38.99°N, 76.48°WNakanosawa — 37.67°N, 140.95°EMiddle Inferior Oolite — 51.78°N, 2.18°WMiddle Inferior Oolite — 51.98°N, 1.92°WSandorhegy Limestone — 47.00°N, 17.90°EAbrakurrie Limestone — 31.90°S, 127.02°EAbrakurrie Limestone — 31.77°S, 127.02°EBihen Limestone — 10.25°N, 45.12°EBihen Limestone — 10.15°N, 45.10°E

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The named rock units Terebratula has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 80 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 381 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Terebratula and its relatives

Late Jurassic

Where Terebratula and its relatives were recorded in the Late Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

3,125 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 474 sites for Terebratula, 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

185 references

Each of the 660 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. 173 further references are not listed. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Terebratula

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CC0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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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. Müller 1776