Weyla alata

No picture of Weyla alata 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 Weyla alata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
WeylaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pectinoidea
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Pectinoidea
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Pectinoidea
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Neitheidae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 12 million years on record.

The record covers at least 192.9 Mya to 180.4 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 143.1 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 267 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 267 occurrencesMiddle TriassicLate Triassic — about 1 of 267 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 265 of 267 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 1 of 267 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 0 of 267 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 0 of 267 occurrences249–245 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences245–242 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences242–238 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences238–235 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences235–231 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences231–227 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences227–224 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences224–220 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences220–217 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences217–213 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences213–209 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences209–206 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences206–202 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences202–199 Mya — about 12 occurrences199–195 Mya — about 49 occurrences195–191 Mya — about 56 occurrences191–188 Mya — about 65 occurrences188–184 Mya — about 65 occurrences184–181 Mya — about 11 occurrences181–177 Mya — about 4 occurrences177–173 Mya — about 2 occurrences173–170 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences170–166 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences166–163 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences163–159 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences159–155 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences155–152 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences152–148 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences148–145 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences145–141 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences192.9 Mya – 180.4 Mya249 Mya141 Mya

267 occurrences of Weyla alata on record, most of them in the Early Jurassic. 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

267 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

21 formations

Spatsizi — 57.50°N, 128.92°WSpatsizi — 57.58°N, 128.84°WSpatsizi — 57.87°N, 129.57°WAberhan Sinemur — 33.47°S, 70.75°WPuchenque — 35.10°S, 70.10°WPuchenque — 35.43°S, 69.92°WPuchenque — 35.48°S, 69.92°WLautaro — 29.01°S, 70.20°WLautaro — 29.11°S, 70.30°WLautaro — 29.36°S, 70.19°WLautaro — 27.97°S, 70.02°WLautaro — 28.20°S, 70.00°WLautaro — 28.12°S, 69.96°WLautaro — 28.30°S, 69.97°WCold Fish Volcanics — 57.50°N, 128.90°WSierra de Santa Roas — 30.07°N, 111.73°WSierra de Santa Roas — 30.15°N, 112.18°WSierra de Santa Roas — 30.11°N, 111.93°WAberhan Pliensbach — 33.47°S, 70.75°WSierra de Santa Rosa — 30.71°N, 112.55°WSierra de Santa Rosa — 30.07°N, 111.72°WEl Cholo — 34.95°S, 69.72°WSierra Santa Rosa — 30.72°N, 112.55°WSunrise — 38.49°N, 118.08°WAntimonio — 30.72°N, 112.55°WBonanza — 48.75°N, 124.18°WFannin — 53.20°N, 132.06°WInklin — 59.33°N, 133.75°WTres Esquinas — 34.92°S, 69.77°WMulanguiñeu — 44.33°S, 70.34°WTres Cruces — 30.76°S, 70.56°WPabellón — 27.92°S, 70.00°WCanto del Agua — 28.26°S, 70.98°WMontandón — 26.80°S, 69.18°W

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The named rock units Weyla alata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 198 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Weyla alata and its relatives

Early Jurassic

Where Weyla alata and its relatives were recorded in the Early Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

201 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 263 sites for Weyla alata, 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

19 references

Each of the 267 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. 7 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 content0

No picture of Weyla alata 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 Weyla alata, 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. (von Buch 1838)