Girtopinna wynnensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GirtopinnaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pinnidae
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Pinnidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Pinnidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At most 3.3 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 307 Mya and 303.7 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Carboniferous — about 2 of 2 occurrencesCarboniferous307–307 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences307–307 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences307–307 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences307–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–305 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences305–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences304–304 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences307.5 Mya303.2 Mya

2 occurrences of Girtopinna wynnensis on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

2 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

Brad — 32.89°N, 98.43°W

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The named rock units Girtopinna wynnensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Girtopinna wynnensis and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Girtopinna wynnensis and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

No other named taxon is catalogued from any of those sites.

The Paleobiology Database records 2 sites for Girtopinna wynnensis, and this reads all of them.

Entered from

1 reference

Each of the 2 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

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No picture of Girtopinna wynnensis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Girtopinna wynnensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Yancey 2024