Ianthinopsis

Ianthinopsis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SoleniscidaePBDB
Diet
carnivore, detritivorePBDB, for Soleniscidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Soleniscidae
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Soleniscidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Soleniscidae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Soleniscidae

Time the record covers

At least 128 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 387.95 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Devonian — about 3 of 86 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 81 of 86 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 2 of 86 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 86 occurrences391–386 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences386–381 Mya — about 1 occurrence377–372 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences372–367 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences367–362 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences362–358 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences358–353 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences353–348 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences348–344 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences344–339 Mya — about 1 occurrence339–334 Mya — about 3 occurrences334–329 Mya — about 6 occurrences329–325 Mya — about 3 occurrences325–320 Mya — about 3 occurrences320–315 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences315–310 Mya — about 8 occurrences310–306 Mya — about 16 occurrences306–301 Mya — about 23 occurrences301–296 Mya — about 15 occurrences268–263 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences263–259 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences259–254 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences254–249 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences382.31 Mya254.14 Mya391 Mya249 Mya

86 occurrences of Ianthinopsis 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

86 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

30 formations

Graham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.24°N, 98.08°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WGraham — 33.10°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.14°N, 99.18°WWewoka — 35.04°N, 96.36°WMaxville Limestone — 39.69°N, 82.14°WMaxville Limestone — 39.87°N, 82.10°WMaxville Limestone — 39.62°N, 82.33°WBrad — 33.24°N, 98.08°WLost Branch — 38.25°N, 94.69°WLost Branch — 35.94°N, 96.00°WMahantango — 40.50°N, 77.25°WMahantango — 40.05°N, 77.52°WAmsden — 43.62°N, 109.50°WAmsden — 42.64°N, 108.71°WPanther Seep — 35.08°N, 106.65°WElephant Canyon — 38.50°N, 109.67°WHotwells — 51.22°N, 0.63°WOrlej Limestone — 50.07°N, 19.63°ECaddo Creek — 33.24°N, 98.08°WParkwood — 34.45°N, 87.75°WWatahomigi — 36.16°N, 113.80°WMattoon — 39.12°N, 88.57°WBluff Creek — 31.58°N, 99.23°WChainman Shale — 39.61°N, 113.68°WDiamond Peak — 39.54°N, 115.83°WAppanoose — 38.70°N, 90.39°WChhidru — 32.48°N, 71.85°EWargal — 32.57°N, 72.41°EMaxville — 39.60°N, 81.60°WEnglish River — 40.80°N, 91.12°WDanny Bridge — 53.77°N, 1.92°W

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The named rock units Ianthinopsis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 6 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ianthinopsis and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Ianthinopsis and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

924 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 79 sites for Ianthinopsis, 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

30 references

Each of the 86 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. 18 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 Ianthinopsis

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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Ianthinopsis was found in Sketchfab.

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Meek and Worthen 1866