Grewingkia

Grewingkia is a genus of extinct Paleozoic Rugose corals, found in Indiana. It contains at least one species, Grewingkia canadensis, which lived during the Ordovician Period.

Grewingkia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StreptelasmatinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rugosa
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rugosa
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Rugosa
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Rugosa

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 453.8 Mya to 438.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 471.3 Mya to 432.9 Mya.

Ordovician — about 194 of 198 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 4 of 198 occurrencesSilurian472–471 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences471–469 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences469–468 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences468–467 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences467–465 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences465–464 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences464–463 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences463–461 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences461–460 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences460–459 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences459–457 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences457–456 Mya — about 5 occurrences456–455 Mya — about 6 occurrences455–453 Mya — about 5 occurrences453–452 Mya — about 4 occurrences452–451 Mya — about 7 occurrences451–449 Mya — about 27 occurrences449–448 Mya — about 39 occurrences448–447 Mya — about 39 occurrences447–445 Mya — about 38 occurrences445–444 Mya — about 13 occurrences444–443 Mya — about 10 occurrences443–441 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences441–440 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences440–439 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences439–437 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences437–436 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences436–435 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences435–433 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences433–432 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences453.8 Mya438.6 Mya472.1 Mya432.1 Mya

198 occurrences of Grewingkia on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

198 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

52 formations

Beaverfoot — 50.71°N, 115.38°WBeaverfoot — 50.03°N, 115.51°WBeaverfoot — 52.00°N, 116.75°WBeaverfoot — 50.45°N, 115.77°WBeaverfoot — 51.17°N, 116.73°WBeaverfoot — 50.38°N, 115.80°WBeaverfoot — 50.88°N, 116.22°WBeaverfoot — 50.00°N, 116.40°WBeaverfoot — 51.20°N, 116.82°WBeaverfoot — 50.18°N, 115.36°WBeaverfoot — 50.47°N, 115.25°WBeaverfoot — 50.59°N, 115.30°WBeaverfoot — 51.68°N, 116.22°WBeaverfoot — 49.83°N, 119.83°WLiberty — 39.42°N, 85.01°WLiberty — 39.49°N, 84.95°WLiberty — 39.34°N, 84.95°WLiberty — 39.48°N, 84.06°WLiberty — 39.48°N, 84.05°WLiberty — 38.78°N, 85.37°WBad Cache Rapids — 69.33°N, 81.78°WBad Cache Rapids — 66.78°N, 83.90°WBad Cache Rapids — 68.90°N, 82.03°WBad Cache Rapids — 68.88°N, 82.30°WBad Cache Rapids — 69.23°N, 82.48°WBad Cache Rapids — 68.54°N, 81.53°WBad Cache Rapids — 68.38°N, 82.31°WBad Cache Rapids — 68.67°N, 81.90°WBad Cache Rapids — 69.23°N, 82.25°WRed River — 50.08°N, 96.70°WRed River — 50.13°N, 96.84°WRed River — 50.08°N, 96.94°WWhitewater — 39.49°N, 84.95°WWhitewater — 39.79°N, 84.90°WWhitewater — 39.48°N, 84.06°WWhitewater — 39.39°N, 83.93°WAdvance — 56.03°N, 123.35°WAdvance — 56.18°N, 123.45°WAdvance — 56.13°N, 123.45°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.48°N, 84.06°WAleman — 32.60°N, 106.53°WAleman — 32.83°N, 105.87°WAleman — 31.95°N, 106.48°WAleman — 31.78°N, 106.47°WAleman — 31.18°N, 104.77°WSecond Value Dolomite — 32.57°N, 107.72°WSecond Value Dolomite — 32.60°N, 106.53°WSecond Value Dolomite — 32.83°N, 105.87°WSecond Value Dolomite — 31.60°N, 108.37°WSecond Value Dolomite — 31.95°N, 106.48°WSecond Value Dolomite — 31.78°N, 106.47°WPortage Chute — 58.00°N, 95.00°WPortage Chute — 56.50°N, 94.25°WPortage Chute — 58.50°N, 95.00°WTsagaan Del — 46.41°N, 100.26°ECutter — 31.95°N, 106.48°WCutter — 31.78°N, 106.47°WBardstown — 37.77°N, 85.36°WBull Fork — 38.40°N, 83.72°WBull Fork — 38.60°N, 83.72°WSequatchie — 36.37°N, 86.75°WSequatchie — 36.30°N, 86.65°WEly Springs — 39.75°N, 118.75°WEly Springs — 36.30°N, 116.97°WArnheim — 36.30°N, 86.65°WQuinton — 20.00°S, 145.00°EKuanyinchiao — 27.50°N, 108.23°EKuanyinchiao — 27.60°N, 105.42°EUpper Whitewater — 38.78°N, 85.36°WBoda Limestone — 61.05°N, 15.20°EBoda Limestone — 61.00°N, 15.13°EKalvsjøen — 66.77°N, 13.47°EKõrgessaare — 58.98°N, 22.81°EKõrgessaare — 58.98°N, 22.46°EAberdeen Lake — 64.90°N, 98.81°W

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The named rock units Grewingkia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 28 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 23 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Grewingkia and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Grewingkia and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

719 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 175 sites for Grewingkia, 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

40 references

Each of the 198 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. 28 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 Grewingkia

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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

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. Dybowski 1873