Architectonica (Stellaxis)

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ArchitectonicaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Architectonicidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Architectonicidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Architectonicidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 36 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 11.63 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 102 occurrencesEocene — about 97 of 102 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 102 occurrencesMiocene — about 5 of 102 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 102 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 1 occurrence55–54 Mya — about 3 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 3 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 3 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 3 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 12 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 13 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 13 occurrences43–41 Mya — about 13 occurrences41–39 Mya — about 14 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 14 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 4 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 4 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–9.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.6–7.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.8–6.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.1–4.3 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences48.07 Mya11.63 Mya57 Mya4 Mya

102 occurrences of Architectonica (Stellaxis) on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

102 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

26 formations

Llajas — 34.31°N, 118.69°WLlajas — 34.32°N, 118.63°WLlajas — 34.23°N, 118.76°WWeches — 30.67°N, 96.37°WWeches — 30.00°N, 97.15°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.21°N, 96.02°WWeches — 31.11°N, 96.28°WWeches — 31.34°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.35°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.00°N, 96.83°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.06°WCook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 32.51°N, 92.12°WCook Mountain — 31.09°N, 95.95°WCook Mountain — 30.01°N, 97.16°WCook Mountain — 29.95°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 30.64°N, 96.52°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WAmeki — 5.00°N, 7.50°EGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.55°N, 87.91°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 31.63°N, 91.82°WMoodys Branch — 31.82°N, 92.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 32.28°N, 90.18°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 50.89°N, 1.28°WLondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°EJuncal — 34.78°N, 119.15°WJuncal — 34.56°N, 118.72°WLaredo — 26.43°N, 99.15°WFlournoy — 43.28°N, 123.08°WBateque — 26.75°N, 113.00°WBateque — 26.67°N, 112.94°WBohio — 9.18°N, 79.88°WCilanang — 7.01°S, 107.33°ECilanang — 7.49°S, 110.00°EReklaw — 30.01°N, 97.25°WReklaw — 30.81°N, 96.65°WSelsey — 51.02°N, 1.32°WUnnamed — 33.24°N, 119.47°WJackson — 26.27°N, 98.82°WQueen City — 30.00°N, 97.14°WYazoo — 31.63°N, 91.82°WMoodys Branch or Yazoo — 31.14°N, 93.26°WMcBean — 33.49°N, 80.86°WDomengine — 36.20°N, 120.50°WMount Soledad — 32.74°N, 117.21°WTyee — 43.31°N, 123.08°W

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The named rock units Architectonica (Stellaxis) has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 6 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Architectonica (Stellaxis) and its relatives

Eocene

Where Architectonica (Stellaxis) and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

1,493 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 84 sites for Architectonica (Stellaxis), 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

29 references

Each of the 102 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. 17 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 Architectonica (Stellaxis) 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 Architectonica (Stellaxis), or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Architectonica (Stellaxis) 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 itArchitectonica through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Dall 1892)