Dendraster coalingaensis

Dendraster coalingaensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DendrasterPBDB
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 most 8.1 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 11.63 Mya and 3.6 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Miocene — about 3 of 6 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 6 occurrencesPliocene12–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences10–10 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences10–9.7 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences9.7–9.4 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences9.4–9.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences9.1–8.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.8–8.5 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.5–8.2 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.2–7.9 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.9–7.6 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.6–7.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.3–7.0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.0–6.7 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.7–6.4 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.4–6.1 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.1–5.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.8–5.5 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.5–5.2 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.2–4.9 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.9–4.6 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.6–4.3 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.3–4.0 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.0–3.7 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences3.7–3.4 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences12.1 Mya3.1 Mya

6 occurrences of Dendraster coalingaensis on record, most of them in the Pliocene. 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

6 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

3 formations

Sisquoc — 34.81°N, 120.22°WEtchegoin — 35.96°N, 120.01°WJacalitos — 35.94°N, 120.15°W

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

Dendraster coalingaensis and its relatives

Pliocene

Where Dendraster coalingaensis and its relatives were recorded in the Pliocene.

Found in the same rock

3 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Dendraster coalingaensis, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.

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

3 references

Each of the 6 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 Dendraster coalingaensis

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

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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 itDendraster through timeFormations of the PlioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Clark and Twitchell 1915