Ampullina

Ampullina is an extinct taxonomic genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Caenogastropoda. These sea snails were epifaunal grazers. They lived from the Middle Triassic period to the Lower Pliocene age.

Ampullina

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AmpullinidaePBDB
Diet
grazerPBDB, for Ampullinoidea
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Ampullinoidea
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ampullinoidea
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 236 million years on record.

The record covers at least 241.464 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 3.6 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 533 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 2 of 533 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 30 of 533 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 533 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 9 of 533 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 94 of 533 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 28 of 533 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 160 of 533 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 37 of 533 occurrencesEocene — about 137 of 533 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 23 of 533 occurrencesMiocene — about 12 of 533 occurrencesPliocene — about 1 of 533 occurrencesPleistocene — about 0 of 533 occurrences252–243 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences243–235 Mya — about 18 occurrences235–227 Mya — about 13 occurrences227–218 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences218–210 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences210–201 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences176–168 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences168–160 Mya — about 14 occurrences160–151 Mya — about 60 occurrences151–143 Mya — about 28 occurrences143–134 Mya — about 1 occurrence134–126 Mya — about 4 occurrences126–118 Mya — about 3 occurrences118–109 Mya — about 8 occurrences109–101 Mya — about 11 occurrences101–92 Mya — about 43 occurrences92–84 Mya — about 35 occurrences84–76 Mya — about 43 occurrences76–67 Mya — about 35 occurrences67–59 Mya — about 27 occurrences59–50 Mya — about 41 occurrences50–42 Mya — about 38 occurrences42–34 Mya — about 74 occurrences34–25 Mya — about 21 occurrences25–17 Mya — about 4 occurrences17–8.4 Mya — about 8 occurrences8.4–0 Mya — about 2 occurrences241.464 Mya5.333 Mya252 Mya0 Mya

533 occurrences of Ampullina on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. 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

533 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

122 formations

Cassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.54°N, 12.10°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.53°N, 11.92°ECassian — 46.54°N, 12.25°EAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.68°WLadd — 33.69°N, 117.61°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.64°WJalama — 34.52°N, 120.39°WRedding — 40.65°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.66°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.65°N, 122.21°WShekhan — 33.58°N, 71.83°EShekhan — 33.60°N, 71.90°EShekhan — 33.60°N, 71.51°EShekhan — 33.48°N, 71.39°EBudden Canyon — 40.45°N, 122.56°WBudden Canyon — 40.44°N, 122.57°WBudden Canyon — 40.46°N, 122.55°WOsmington Oolite — 50.80°N, 2.28°WOsmington Oolite — 50.60°N, 2.45°WGalala — 29.67°N, 34.50°EGalala — 30.38°N, 33.52°EGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°ELisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.02°N, 85.85°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.57°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.78°WLaredo — 26.43°N, 99.15°WFlint River — 30.91°N, 84.58°WKirkkavak — 39.93°N, 32.87°EKirkkavak — 39.65°N, 32.29°EKirkkavak — 39.65°N, 32.29°ESimsima — 24.87°N, 55.95°ECoffee Sand — 34.26°N, 88.70°WCoffee Sand — 32.62°N, 89.53°WCoffee Sand — 34.45°N, 88.58°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WBohio — 9.20°N, 79.93°WAzilé — 0.30°N, 9.51°EAzilé — 0.40°N, 9.48°ECoral Rag de Trouville — 49.32°N, 0.03°ECoral Rag de Trouville — 48.60°N, 0.63°ECoral Rag de Trouville — 49.30°N, 0.07°WMerchantville — 39.54°N, 75.72°WAguja — 29.83°N, 103.25°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.63°N, 85.59°WSuwannee Limestone — 28.20°N, 82.18°WSuwannee Limestone — 28.56°N, 82.39°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.33°N, 82.76°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.28°N, 83.71°W

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The named rock units Ampullina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 98 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 108 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ampullina and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Ampullina and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

3,612 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 406 sites for Ampullina, and this reads 240 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

160 references

Each of the 533 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. 148 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 content2

Picture of Ampullina

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. (Férussac 1822)