Metasycocrinus piriformis

No picture of Metasycocrinus piriformis was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Metasycocrinus piriformis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MetasycocrinusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Cladida
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunalPBDB, for Cladida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Cladida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Crinoidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Echinodermata

Time the record covers

At least 23 million years on record.

The record covers at least 283.3 Mya to 259.857 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 293.52 Mya to 254.14 Mya.

Permian — about 5 of 5 occurrencesPermian294–293 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences293–292 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences292–290 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences290–289 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences289–287 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences287–286 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences286–285 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences285–283 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences283–282 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences282–281 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences281–279 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences278–277 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences277–275 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences274–272 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences271–270 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences270–268 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences268–267 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences266–264 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences264–263 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences263–262 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences262–260 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences260–259 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences259–257 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences257–256 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences256–255 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences255–253 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences283.3 Mya259.857 Mya294.3 Mya253.4 Mya

5 occurrences of Metasycocrinus piriformis on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

5 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

Atahoc — 9.46°S, 124.60°E

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The named rock units Metasycocrinus piriformis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Metasycocrinus piriformis and its relatives

Permian

Where Metasycocrinus piriformis and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

259 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 5 sites for Metasycocrinus piriformis, 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

2 references

Each of the 5 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 the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content0

No picture of Metasycocrinus piriformis was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

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

No 3D scan of Metasycocrinus piriformis 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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What may have been alongside itMetasycocrinus through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Rothpletz 1892)