Xitus

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

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
XitidaePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 84 million years on record.

The record covers at least 168.2 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 168.6 Mya to 72.2 Mya.

Middle Jurassic — about 14 of 505 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 117 of 505 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 278 of 505 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 96 of 505 occurrencesLate Cretaceous171–167 Mya — about 3 occurrences167–164 Mya — about 6 occurrences164–161 Mya — about 5 occurrences161–157 Mya — about 4 occurrences157–154 Mya — about 5 occurrences154–150 Mya — about 11 occurrences150–147 Mya — about 21 occurrences147–144 Mya — about 54 occurrences144–140 Mya — about 45 occurrences140–137 Mya — about 20 occurrences137–134 Mya — about 26 occurrences134–130 Mya — about 35 occurrences130–127 Mya — about 39 occurrences127–124 Mya — about 46 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 41 occurrences120–117 Mya — about 8 occurrences117–114 Mya — about 4 occurrences114–110 Mya — about 4 occurrences110–107 Mya — about 5 occurrences107–104 Mya — about 13 occurrences104–100 Mya — about 16 occurrences100–97 Mya — about 23 occurrences97–94 Mya — about 22 occurrences94–90 Mya — about 7 occurrences90–87 Mya — about 8 occurrences87–84 Mya — about 21 occurrences84–80 Mya — about 5 occurrences80–77 Mya — about 4 occurrences77–74 Mya — about 4 occurrences74–70 Mya — about 2 occurrences168.2 Mya83.6 Mya171 Mya70 Mya

505 occurrences of Xitus on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. 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

505 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

41 formations

Maiolica — 43.26°N, 12.81°EMaiolica — 43.35°N, 12.71°EMaiolica — 43.48°N, 12.72°EMaiolica — 45.64°N, 9.95°EMaiolica — 44.00°N, 14.00°EMaiolica — 43.13°N, 13.17°EScaglia Bianca — 43.48°N, 12.72°EScaglia Bianca — 43.38°N, 12.62°EOberalmer Schichten — 47.62°N, 13.25°EOberalmer Schichten — 47.70°N, 13.07°EOberalmer Schichten — 47.73°N, 13.03°EScisti a Fucoidi — 43.48°N, 12.72°EUrakawa — 42.17°N, 142.82°EWahrah — 22.97°N, 57.06°EWahrah — 22.73°N, 57.40°EBudden Canyon — 40.40°N, 122.52°WAmden — 47.75°N, 11.45°EAmden — 47.73°N, 11.52°ESchrambach-Schichten — 47.73°N, 13.03°ERosso Ammonitico Medio — 38.00°N, 12.83°ERosso ad Aptici — 45.88°N, 8.64°EFonzaso — 45.88°N, 8.64°EFonzaso — 46.05°N, 11.88°EUnit 1 — 35.05°N, 120.17°WSchrambach-Schichten — 47.68°N, 13.05°EKirsanovskaya — 52.55°N, 42.57°EJaworki — 49.40°N, 20.55°ELimanangcong — 11.99°N, 120.21°ENadan — 23.02°N, 57.11°EVigla — 39.54°N, 20.53°EHinodani — 33.77°N, 134.25°EBavnodde Greensand — 55.05°N, 14.75°ESid'r — 22.89°N, 57.74°ESid'r — 22.71°N, 57.19°ERosso ad Aptici — 45.90°N, 9.00°ESoccher — 46.19°N, 12.30°E

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The named rock units Xitus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 17 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 143 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Xitus and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Xitus and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

861 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 235 sites for Xitus, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

43 references

Each of the 505 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. 31 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 Xitus 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 Xitus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Xitus 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Pessagno 1977