Discorbis

Discorbis is a genus of benthic Foraminifera, that made its first appearance during the Eocene. Its present distribution is cosmopolitan.

Discorbis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DiscorbidaePBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Foraminifera
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Foraminifera
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Foraminifera

Time the record covers

At least 184 million years on record.

The record covers at least 184.2 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 192.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 1 of 144 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 2 of 144 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 5 of 144 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 5 of 144 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 15 of 144 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 28 of 144 occurrencesEocene — about 17 of 144 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 3 of 144 occurrencesMiocene — about 13 of 144 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 8 of 144 occurrencesPleistocene — about 41 of 144 occurrences197–190 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences190–184 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences171–164 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences164–157 Mya — about 2 occurrences157–151 Mya — about 4 occurrences151–144 Mya — about 1 occurrence144–138 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences138–131 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences125–118 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences118–111 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences111–105 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences105–98 Mya — about 3 occurrences98–92 Mya — about 3 occurrences92–85 Mya — about 2 occurrences85–79 Mya — about 3 occurrences79–72 Mya — about 3 occurrences72–66 Mya — about 5 occurrences66–59 Mya — about 7 occurrences59–52 Mya — about 21 occurrences52–46 Mya — about 4 occurrences46–39 Mya — about 6 occurrences39–33 Mya — about 5 occurrences33–26 Mya — about 1 occurrence26–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–13 Mya — about 6 occurrences13–6.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences6.6–0 Mya — about 56 occurrences184.2 Mya11.7 ka197 Mya0 Mya

144 occurrences of Discorbis on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

144 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

39 formations

Canepatch — 33.83°N, 78.89°WAbu Roash — 30.06°N, 31.08°EBermont — 26.89°N, 82.01°WKahuitara Tuff — 44.24°S, 176.24°WKahuitara Tuff — 44.33°S, 176.25°EKahuitara Tuff — 44.33°S, 176.00°WDenton — 32.83°N, 97.23°WDenton — 33.15°N, 97.23°WDenton — 33.35°N, 97.18°WPlassen — 47.58°N, 13.98°EPlassen — 47.58°N, 13.92°EWadi Thamat — 29.81°N, 16.61°EWadi Thamat — 29.98°N, 17.73°EAlexandria — 33.97°S, 25.62°ECoamo — 18.33°N, 66.32°WCalcareniti di Castelgomberto — 45.45°N, 11.58°EBrasso — 10.59°N, 61.13°WRoca — 38.17°S, 68.42°WRoca — 39.67°S, 67.53°WAlisitos — 31.52°N, 116.65°WSelsey — 50.80°N, 1.20°WAl Jir — 30.94°N, 15.50°EWadi Tamet — 29.81°N, 16.61°EMarada — 29.23°N, 19.20°ETabligbo Limestone — 6.34°N, 1.11°ERosefield — 31.89°N, 92.00°WLagunitas — 21.62°N, 79.53°WDhruma — 26.28°N, 44.83°ERosignano Limestone — 43.53°N, 10.43°EZiman — 29.38°N, 15.70°EBathurst — 33.48°S, 26.93°E

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The named rock units Discorbis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 15 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 83 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Discorbis and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Discorbis and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,586 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 113 sites for Discorbis, 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

69 references

Each of the 144 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. 57 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 content2

Picture of Discorbis

Source
iDigBio
Credit
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CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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Specimen
Discorbis sp. · l-cb

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Lamarck 1804