Brachycythere watervalleyensis

Brachycythere watervalleyensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BrachycytherePBDB
Diet
detritivore, grazerPBDB, for Podocopida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Podocopida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ostracoda
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Ostracoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Ostracoda

Time the record covers

At most 33 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 56 Mya and 23.04 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Paleocene — about 0 of 19 occurrencesEocene — about 17 of 19 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 2 of 19 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 0 of 19 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences45–44 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences44–43 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences43–42 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences41–40 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 1 occurrence37–36 Mya — about 2 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 2 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences56.7 Mya22.4 Mya

19 occurrences of Brachycythere watervalleyensis 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

19 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

1 formation

Yazoo — 31.92°N, 88.40°W

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The named rock units Brachycythere watervalleyensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 14 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Brachycythere watervalleyensis and its relatives

Eocene

Where Brachycythere watervalleyensis and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

43 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 7 sites for Brachycythere watervalleyensis, 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

2 references

Each of the 19 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

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Picture of Brachycythere watervalleyensis

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No 3D scan of Brachycythere watervalleyensis 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. Howe and Chambers 1935