Eukaryota

The eukaryotes are cellular organisms of the domain Eukaryota or Eukarya, which have a distinct cell nucleus, membrane-bound organelles and organization supported by a cytoskeleton. Extant eukaryotes are traditionally grouped into four kingdoms: animals, plants, fungi and protists.

A picture published with the record for Eukaryota. What it shows has not been checked.

Daniel Vaulot, CNRS , Station Biologique de Roscoff · CC BY-SA 2.5 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LifePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 719 million years on record.

The record covers at least 720 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 1000 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Cambrian — about 18 of 12000 occurrencesOrdovician — about 106 of 12000 occurrencesSilurian — about 312 of 12000 occurrencesDevonian — about 1374 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 4902 of 12000 occurrencesPermian — about 1024 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 28 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 116 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 17 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 22 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 131 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 459 of 12000 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 107 of 12000 occurrencesPaleocene — about 521 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 1237 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 165 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 872 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 543 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 10 of 12000 occurrences1020–986 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences986–952 Mya — about 1 occurrence952–918 Mya — about 1 occurrence918–884 Mya — about 1 occurrence884–850 Mya — about 1 occurrence850–816 Mya — about 1 occurrence816–782 Mya — about 1 occurrence782–748 Mya — about 1 occurrence748–714 Mya — about 1 occurrence714–680 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences680–646 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences646–612 Mya — about 6 occurrences612–578 Mya — about 9 occurrences578–544 Mya — about 9 occurrences544–510 Mya — about 19 occurrences510–476 Mya — about 1 occurrence476–442 Mya — about 118 occurrences442–408 Mya — about 633 occurrences408–374 Mya — about 681 occurrences374–340 Mya — about 1232 occurrences340–306 Mya — about 2829 occurrences306–272 Mya — about 1705 occurrences272–238 Mya — about 652 occurrences238–204 Mya — about 27 occurrences204–170 Mya — about 9 occurrences170–136 Mya — about 289 occurrences136–102 Mya — about 314 occurrences102–68 Mya — about 93 occurrences68–34 Mya — about 1773 occurrences34–0 Mya — about 1592 occurrences720 Mya129 ka1020 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Eukaryota on record. 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

12,000 occurrences read

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. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 448 formations

Willwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.19°N, 108.60°WWillwood — 44.17°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.29°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.51°N, 108.25°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 107.00°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.05°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.18°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.14°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.09°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 110.00°WWillwood — 44.40°N, 108.84°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WLost Branch — 37.19°N, 95.42°WLost Branch — 37.83°N, 94.98°WFort Union — 45.00°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.36°N, 108.06°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 108.05°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 109.03°WFort Union — 44.00°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.00°N, 108.00°WFort Union — 44.21°N, 107.90°WFort Union — 44.50°N, 108.33°WFort Union — 44.16°N, 107.85°WFort Union — 44.27°N, 107.97°WAmsden — 43.77°N, 110.88°WAmsden — 41.81°N, 107.30°WAmsden — 41.83°N, 107.24°WAmsden — 41.92°N, 107.34°WAmsden — 43.66°N, 109.60°WAmsden — 43.51°N, 107.46°WAmsden — 44.88°N, 107.35°WAmsden — 44.88°N, 107.39°WAmsden — 42.40°N, 110.32°WAmsden — 42.81°N, 110.79°WAmsden — 42.87°N, 110.79°WItahana — 36.25°N, 138.50°EItahana — 36.25°N, 139.00°EItahana — 36.50°N, 139.00°EItahana — 36.32°N, 138.85°EWild Cow — 35.00°N, 106.67°WWild Cow — 34.75°N, 106.25°WSecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WLondon Clay — 51.73°N, 0.48°ELondon Clay — 52.00°N, 0.82°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 51.32°N, 0.90°ELondon Clay — 52.02°N, 1.43°ELondon Clay — 51.42°N, 0.75°WLondon Clay — 51.78°N, 1.17°ELondon Clay — 51.45°N, 0.13°WLondon Clay — 51.50°N, 0.75°ELondon Clay — 51.83°N, 1.25°ELondon Clay — 51.62°N, 0.32°WLondon Clay — 51.67°N, 0.40°WLondon Clay — 51.78°N, 2.27°WGolden Valley — 45.50°N, 103.25°WGolden Valley — 47.25°N, 102.09°WGolden Valley — 46.88°N, 102.78°WGolden Valley — 46.98°N, 102.00°WGolden Valley — 47.98°N, 102.05°WGolden Valley — 46.98°N, 102.05°WGolden Valley — 46.92°N, 102.08°WGolden Valley — 47.31°N, 102.11°WGolden Valley — 47.00°N, 101.55°WGolden Valley — 46.75°N, 102.75°WGolden Valley — 47.13°N, 101.82°WGolden Valley — 46.92°N, 102.58°WGolden Valley — 47.00°N, 102.67°WGolden Valley — 46.97°N, 102.62°WGolden Valley — 47.17°N, 102.83°WGolden Valley — 47.08°N, 102.83°WGolden Valley — 47.38°N, 101.95°WGolden Valley — 48.48°N, 102.72°WGolden Valley — 48.13°N, 102.54°WGolden Valley — 47.62°N, 102.75°WGolden Valley — 47.00°N, 102.82°WGolden Valley — 47.82°N, 102.77°WGolden Valley — 47.10°N, 102.98°WGolden Valley — 47.37°N, 103.02°WGolden Valley — 47.38°N, 103.26°WKootenai — 47.48°N, 111.37°WPaksa — 73.00°N, 113.00°ECarbondale — 38.18°N, 87.33°WCarbondale — 41.00°N, 88.00°WCarbondale — 40.00°N, 90.00°WWewoka — 35.04°N, 96.36°WNew Albany Shale — 38.48°N, 85.75°WNew Albany Shale — 37.58°N, 84.80°WNew Albany Shale — 37.60°N, 84.97°WNew Albany Shale — 38.27°N, 83.93°WNew Albany Shale — 36.85°N, 83.57°WNew Albany Shale — 37.78°N, 85.67°WNew Albany Shale — 37.38°N, 84.80°WNew Albany Shale — 38.28°N, 85.82°WNew Albany Shale — 37.57°N, 84.30°WNew Albany Shale — 37.67°N, 85.45°WNew Albany Shale — 37.88°N, 86.28°WNew Albany Shale — 38.60°N, 83.32°WNew Albany Shale — 37.55°N, 84.22°WEstcourt — 28.33°S, 29.33°EEstcourt — 28.50°S, 29.17°EEstcourt — 28.67°S, 29.17°EEstcourt — 28.67°S, 29.33°EEstcourt — 28.83°S, 29.67°EEstcourt — 29.00°S, 29.83°EEstcourt — 29.00°S, 30.00°EEstcourt — 29.17°S, 30.00°EEstcourt — 29.17°S, 30.17°EEstcourt — 29.33°S, 30.00°EEstcourt — 29.50°S, 30.17°EEstcourt — 29.50°S, 30.00°EEstcourt — 29.80°S, 29.79°EEstcourt — 28.50°S, 32.00°EForaker Limestone — 39.37°N, 95.88°WForaker Limestone — 39.17°N, 96.55°WForaker Limestone — 39.02°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestone — 38.91°N, 96.08°WForaker Limestone — 38.77°N, 96.03°WForaker Limestone — 38.48°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WForaker Limestone — 38.02°N, 96.28°WForaker Limestone — 37.54°N, 96.48°WForaker Limestone — 37.25°N, 96.54°WForaker Limestone — 37.09°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.40°WForaker Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.19°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 39.85°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 37.82°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 39.92°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.34°N, 96.05°WForaker Limestone — 38.72°N, 96.16°WForaker Limestone — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 37.25°N, 96.53°WForaker Limestone — 39.90°N, 95.91°WForaker Limestone — 38.81°N, 96.08°WOgawa — 36.50°N, 138.00°EOgawa — 36.42°N, 138.08°EMotojuku — 36.25°N, 138.75°EMuldraugh — 40.04°N, 86.87°WGarlton Hills Volcanics — 56.00°N, 3.00°WYagii — 36.08°N, 139.17°EBathurst Island — 75.81°N, 98.44°WBathurst Island — 75.80°N, 98.46°WBathurst Island — 75.00°N, 98.00°WBathurst Island — 76.19°N, 98.23°WBathurst Island — 76.00°N, 98.00°WBathurst Island — 76.17°N, 98.30°WBathurst Island — 76.04°N, 98.18°WBurgersdorp — 30.73°S, 26.78°EBurgersdorp — 30.68°S, 26.72°EBurgersdorp — 31.00°S, 27.00°EBurgersdorp — 30.70°S, 26.65°EBurgersdorp — 30.83°S, 26.50°EBurgersdorp — 31.00°S, 26.00°EBurgersdorp — 31.00°S, 26.33°EBurgersdorp — 31.67°S, 27.00°EBurgersdorp — 31.67°S, 27.33°EJanesville Shale — 38.31°N, 95.30°WJanesville Shale — 39.28°N, 96.43°WJanesville Shale — 39.24°N, 96.18°WJanesville Shale — 39.15°N, 96.46°WJanesville Shale — 39.10°N, 96.37°WJanesville Shale — 39.08°N, 96.13°WJanesville Shale — 39.05°N, 96.22°WJanesville Shale — 38.93°N, 96.05°WJanesville Shale — 38.82°N, 96.05°WJanesville Shale — 38.67°N, 96.12°WJanesville Shale — 38.48°N, 96.28°WJanesville Shale — 38.37°N, 96.33°WJanesville Shale — 38.03°N, 96.28°WJanesville Shale — 37.56°N, 96.56°WJanesville Shale — 37.46°N, 96.41°WJanesville Shale — 37.24°N, 96.56°WJanesville Shale — 37.25°N, 96.53°WJanesville Shale — 37.09°N, 96.57°WJanesville Shale — 39.38°N, 96.31°W

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The named rock units Eukaryota has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 424 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3,662 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

2,611 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 550 sites for Eukaryota, and this reads 240 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

at least 489 references

Each of the 12,000 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. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 477 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 Eukaryota

Credit
Daniel Vaulot, CNRS , Station Biologique de Roscoff
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.5
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Photogrammetry

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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Specimen
eukaryota indet. · MST:PALEO:MST-SP-2473

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
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. (Chatton 1925)