Lituolidae

Lituolidae

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 351 million years on record.

The record covers at least 351.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 0 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 3962 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 103 of 3962 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 45 of 3962 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 12 of 3962 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 52 of 3962 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 80 of 3962 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 138 of 3962 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 148 of 3962 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 102 of 3962 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 517 of 3962 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 420 of 3962 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 208 of 3962 occurrencesEocene — about 317 of 3962 occurrencesOligocene — about 259 of 3962 occurrencesMiocene — about 629 of 3962 occurrencesPliocene — about 314 of 3962 occurrencesPleistocene — about 603 of 3962 occurrences366–354 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences354–342 Mya — about 3 occurrences342–329 Mya — about 1 occurrence329–317 Mya — about 4 occurrences317–305 Mya — about 22 occurrences305–293 Mya — about 76 occurrences293–281 Mya — about 8 occurrences281–268 Mya — about 4 occurrences268–256 Mya — about 17 occurrences256–244 Mya — about 39 occurrences244–232 Mya — about 47 occurrences232–220 Mya — about 13 occurrences220–207 Mya — about 22 occurrences207–195 Mya — about 50 occurrences195–183 Mya — about 77 occurrences183–171 Mya — about 112 occurrences171–159 Mya — about 94 occurrences159–146 Mya — about 75 occurrences146–134 Mya — about 159 occurrences134–122 Mya — about 208 occurrences122–110 Mya — about 68 occurrences110–98 Mya — about 128 occurrences98–85 Mya — about 122 occurrences85–73 Mya — about 115 occurrences73–61 Mya — about 216 occurrences61–49 Mya — about 206 occurrences49–37 Mya — about 189 occurrences37–24 Mya — about 283 occurrences24–12 Mya — about 441 occurrences12–0 Mya — about 1161 occurrences351.9 Mya11.7 ka366 Mya0 Mya

3,962 occurrences of Lituolidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

3,962 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

263 formations

Sundays River — 33.74°S, 25.60°ESundays River — 33.84°S, 25.61°ESundays River — 33.48°S, 25.56°ESundays River — 33.75°S, 25.07°ESundays River — 33.79°S, 25.43°ESundays River — 33.68°S, 25.83°ESundays River — 33.60°S, 25.65°EQom Formation — 33.51°N, 51.99°EQom Formation — 34.51°N, 50.95°EEl Haria — 36.19°N, 8.71°EWestgate — 51.58°N, 111.00°WWestgate — 53.00°N, 110.17°WOread Limestone — 36.92°N, 96.28°WOread Limestone — 36.98°N, 96.29°WOread Limestone — 37.05°N, 96.41°WOread Limestone — 37.13°N, 96.20°WOread Limestone — 37.24°N, 96.07°WOread Limestone — 37.56°N, 95.98°WOread Limestone — 37.74°N, 96.04°WOread Limestone — 37.76°N, 95.99°WOread Limestone — 38.03°N, 95.86°WOread Limestone — 38.09°N, 95.84°WOread Limestone — 38.23°N, 95.74°WOread Limestone — 38.39°N, 95.62°WOread Limestone — 38.34°N, 95.64°WOread Limestone — 38.84°N, 95.39°WOread Limestone — 38.78°N, 95.19°WOread Limestone — 39.01°N, 95.30°WOread Limestone — 38.92°N, 95.25°WOread Limestone — 39.11°N, 95.11°WOread Limestone — 39.33°N, 94.93°WOread Limestone — 39.59°N, 95.00°WOread Limestone — 39.81°N, 94.87°WOread Limestone — 40.99°N, 96.19°WOread Limestone — 40.96°N, 95.98°WOread Limestone — 41.01°N, 95.88°WOread Limestone — 41.16°N, 94.90°WOread Limestone — 41.35°N, 94.30°WOread Limestone — 41.31°N, 94.20°WOread Limestone — 36.75°N, 96.31°WPolat — 37.98°N, 31.45°ESinjar — 35.10°N, 45.59°ESinjar — 37.18°N, 43.22°ESinjar — 35.35°N, 45.42°ESinjar — 35.38°N, 45.49°ESinjar — 35.50°N, 45.33°EJurensismergel — 47.95°N, 7.82°EOpalinuston — 47.95°N, 7.82°EIhungia — 40.27°S, 176.30°EChungliao — 24.03°N, 120.65°ECastillo Pedroso — 43.02°N, 4.17°WWuchihshan — 24.03°N, 120.65°EWewoka — 35.04°N, 96.36°WNaujoji Akmené — 55.75°N, 22.50°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.25°N, 22.08°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.72°N, 23.07°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.00°N, 23.67°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.30°N, 21.00°EPaksa — 73.00°N, 113.00°EDjangura — 43.94°N, 41.50°EAnshun — 26.34°N, 106.72°EElmore — 50.80°N, 1.20°WDenton — 32.75°N, 97.25°WDenton — 32.83°N, 97.23°WDenton — 33.15°N, 97.23°WDenton — 33.35°N, 97.18°WDenton — 33.37°N, 97.18°WDenton — 33.72°N, 97.17°WHochmoos — 47.60°N, 13.48°EFerriby — 51.10°N, 1.30°EFerriby — 54.15°N, 0.23°WDachstein — 47.58°N, 14.47°EDachstein — 47.50°N, 13.50°EDachstein — 48.00°N, 16.42°EKössen — 47.55°N, 12.17°E

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The named rock units Lituolidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 239 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2,495 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lituolidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Lituolidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,301 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,231 sites for Lituolidae, 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

424 references

Each of the 3,962 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. 412 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 Lituolidae

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Lituolidae 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. de Blainville 1825