Bellifusus curvicostatus

Bellifusus curvicostatus

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At most 28 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 93.9 Mya and 66 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Late Cretaceous — about 29 of 29 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 29 occurrences94–93 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences93–93 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences93–92 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences92–91 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences91–90 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences90–89 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences89–88 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences88–87 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences87–86 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences86–85 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences85–84 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences84–83 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences83–82 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences82–81 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences81–80 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences80–79 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences79–78 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences78–77 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences77–76 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences76–75 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences75–74 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences74–73 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences73–72 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences72–71 Mya — about 4 occurrences71–70 Mya — about 4 occurrences70–69 Mya — about 4 occurrences69–68 Mya — about 4 occurrences68–67 Mya — about 4 occurrences67–66 Mya — about 4 occurrences66–65 Mya — about 2 occurrences94.5 Mya65.4 Mya

29 occurrences of Bellifusus curvicostatus on record, most of them in the Late 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

29 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

11 formations

Ripley — 34.73°N, 88.95°WRipley — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 35.29°N, 88.60°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.73°N, 85.09°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WMexcala — 18.16°N, 98.94°WMexcala — 17.77°N, 99.98°WChiwapa — 34.46°N, 88.91°WChiwapa — 34.36°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.00°WPeedee — 33.83°N, 79.25°WSandy Hook — 40.40°N, 74.12°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.65°WMount Laurel Sand — 39.55°N, 75.65°WCoffee Sand — 34.45°N, 88.58°W

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

Bellifusus curvicostatus and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Bellifusus curvicostatus and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

738 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 29 sites for Bellifusus curvicostatus, 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

9 references

Each of the 29 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 doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Bellifusus curvicostatus

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itBellifusus through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Wade 1926)