Alternifenestella spinifera

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

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SpinofenestellaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Bryozoa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Stenolaemata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 298.9 Mya to 283.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 323.4 Mya to 274.4 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 1 of 5 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 4 of 5 occurrencesPermian324–323 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences323–321 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences321–319 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences319–318 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences318–316 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences316–314 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences314–312 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences312–311 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences311–309 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences309–307 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences307–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–302 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences302–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–299 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences290–289 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences289–287 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences287–285 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences282–280 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences279–277 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences277–275 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences275–273 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences298.9 Mya283.3 Mya324 Mya273 Mya

5 occurrences of Alternifenestella spinifera 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

5 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

4 formations

Cattle Creek — 24.85°S, 148.33°EBerserker — 23.39°S, 150.60°ERands — 25.01°S, 151.33°EYarrol — 24.97°S, 151.36°E

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The named rock units Alternifenestella spinifera has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Alternifenestella spinifera and its relatives

Permian

Where Alternifenestella spinifera and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

31 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 5 sites for Alternifenestella spinifera, 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

3 references

Each of the 5 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

Media content0

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

No 3D scan of Alternifenestella spinifera 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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What may have been alongside itSpinofenestella through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Crockford 1946)