Clypeasterina

Clypeasterina

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ClypeasteroidaPBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB, for Clypeasteroida
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Clypeasteroida
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Clypeasteroida
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Echinoidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Echinodermata

Time the record covers

At least 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 37.71 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 41.03 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Eocene — about 3 of 305 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 54 of 305 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 184 of 305 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 48 of 305 occurrencesPleistocene — about 16 of 305 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 3 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 8 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 8 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 8 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 8 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 6 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 5 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 5 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 7 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 8 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 10 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 12 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 12 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 16 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 20 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 11 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 14 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 21 occurrences9.8–8.4 Mya — about 21 occurrences8.4–7.0 Mya — about 19 occurrences7.0–5.6 Mya — about 14 occurrences5.6–4.2 Mya — about 27 occurrences4.2–2.8 Mya — about 22 occurrences2.8–1.4 Mya — about 5 occurrences1.4–0 Mya — about 13 occurrences37.71 Mya129 ka41.9 Mya0 Mya

305 occurrences of Clypeasterina on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

305 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

70 formations

Tortonian Limestone — 35.00°N, 24.76°EImperial — 32.83°N, 116.04°WImperial — 33.41°N, 116.06°WImperial — 32.79°N, 116.05°WImperial — 32.86°N, 116.04°WSuwannee Limestone — 29.33°N, 83.14°WSuwannee Limestone — 28.90°N, 82.59°WSuwannee Limestone — 31.57°N, 83.85°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.05°N, 83.17°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.61°N, 83.67°WPirabas — 1.18°S, 47.22°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WUpper Coralline Limestone — 35.87°N, 14.33°EUpper Coralline Limestone — 35.92°N, 14.38°EMoneague — 18.03°N, 77.45°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.20°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WGurabo — 19.35°N, 70.72°WSeroe Domi — 12.14°N, 68.99°WSeroe Domi — 12.15°N, 68.99°WSeroe Domi — 12.29°N, 69.06°WMarianna Limestone — 31.63°N, 88.31°WMarianna Limestone — 31.71°N, 88.29°WMarianna Limestone — 30.77°N, 85.21°WPoivre — 20.75°S, 115.33°EPoivre — 20.67°S, 115.42°EPoivre — 20.75°S, 115.42°EPoivre — 20.85°S, 115.50°EMesón — 21.11°N, 97.69°WMesón — 22.07°N, 98.00°WMesón — 24.20°N, 98.23°WMarianna — 30.77°N, 85.23°WMarianna — 31.57°N, 88.04°WMarianna — 31.54°N, 87.52°WSan Andres — 12.53°N, 81.70°WCulebra — 9.13°N, 79.62°WCulebra — 8.97°N, 79.56°WSeroe Domi — 12.48°N, 69.96°WCaloosahatchee — 26.52°N, 82.03°WCaloosahatchee — 26.80°N, 80.36°WCaloosahatchee — 26.74°N, 81.51°WAntigua — 17.17°N, 61.85°WAntigua — 17.07°N, 61.70°WManiyara Fort — 23.46°N, 68.60°EBridgeboro Limestone — 30.78°N, 85.23°WBridgeboro Limestone — 31.40°N, 83.98°WChipola — 30.50°N, 85.12°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WBermont — 26.38°N, 80.71°WOtahuhu — 36.95°S, 174.80°EAnahuac — 29.28°N, 95.73°WGlenforslan — 34.29°S, 139.63°E

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The named rock units Clypeasterina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 46 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 100 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Clypeasterina and its relatives

Miocene

Where Clypeasterina and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,795 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 218 sites for Clypeasterina, 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

96 references

Each of the 305 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. 84 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 content1

Picture of Clypeasterina

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Clypeasterina 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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What may have been alongside itClypeasteroida through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Agassiz 1872