Microsolena

Microsolena

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ComoseridaePBDB
Diet
photosymbiotic, suspension feederPBDB, for Comoseridae
Life habit
colonial, clonalPBDB, for Comoseridae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Comoseridae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
Environment
marinePBDB, for Scleractinia

Time the record covers

At least 161 million years on record.

The record covers at least 233.6 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 66 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 473 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 1 of 473 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 473 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 59 of 473 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 257 of 473 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 138 of 473 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 18 of 473 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 473 occurrences240–234 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences234–229 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences175–169 Mya — about 13 occurrences169–163 Mya — about 37 occurrences163–157 Mya — about 66 occurrences157–152 Mya — about 148 occurrences152–146 Mya — about 33 occurrences146–140 Mya — about 21 occurrences140–134 Mya — about 22 occurrences134–128 Mya — about 19 occurrences128–122 Mya — about 28 occurrences122–116 Mya — about 50 occurrences116–110 Mya — about 15 occurrences110–104 Mya — about 3 occurrences104–98 Mya — about 4 occurrences98–92 Mya — about 6 occurrences92–86 Mya — about 5 occurrences86–80 Mya — about 1 occurrence80–74 Mya — about 1 occurrence74–69 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences69–63 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences233.6 Mya72.2 Mya240 Mya63 Mya

473 occurrences of Microsolena on record, most of them in the Late Jurassic. 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

473 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

85 formations

Slivnitsa — 42.77°N, 22.75°EUrtabulak — 38.92°N, 64.85°EUrtabulak — 39.08°N, 64.25°EUrtabulak — 39.13°N, 65.43°EUrtabulak — 38.93°N, 64.48°EKorallenoolith — 52.15°N, 9.98°EKorallenoolith — 52.25°N, 9.70°EKorallenoolith — 52.37°N, 9.70°EKorallenoolith — 52.12°N, 10.10°EKorallenoolith — 52.21°N, 9.20°EBaghamshah — 32.42°N, 57.00°EBaghamshah — 33.00°N, 56.50°EBaghamshah — 33.92°N, 57.33°EAlikper — 39.60°N, 54.50°EAlikper — 35.47°N, 61.72°ESchrattenkalk — 47.42°N, 10.22°ESchrattenkalk — 47.51°N, 10.22°ESchrattenkalk — 46.97°N, 8.30°EMughanniyya — 32.20°N, 35.62°EMural Limestone — 31.38°N, 109.75°WMural Limestone — 31.33°N, 109.10°WStramberk Limestone — 49.58°N, 18.12°EAbadia — 38.98°N, 9.07°WSao Romao — 37.17°N, 7.97°WSao Romao — 37.15°N, 7.93°WAmaral — 38.95°N, 9.07°WAmaral — 39.00°N, 9.18°WStreiteck — 47.50°N, 11.92°EParvadeh — 32.50°N, 57.00°EParvadeh — 33.00°N, 56.50°EOolithe corallienne de Pagnoz — 47.13°N, 6.15°EAlcobaça — 39.55°N, 8.98°WAltamira — 43.38°N, 4.22°WPatcham — 23.52°N, 69.00°EPatcham — 23.70°N, 69.05°EMagyaregregy Conglomerate — 46.17°N, 18.25°ETichilesti — 44.42°N, 28.48°EBadamu — 33.00°N, 56.50°EBadamu — 34.17°N, 56.67°ECalcaires siliceux de Dole — 47.13°N, 6.15°EGrodziszcze — 49.87°N, 19.77°EGrodziszcze — 49.93°N, 21.08°E

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The named rock units Microsolena has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 61 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 259 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Microsolena and its relatives

Late Jurassic

Where Microsolena and its relatives were recorded in the Late Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

2,300 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 230 sites for Microsolena, 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

132 references

Each of the 473 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. 120 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 Microsolena

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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. Lamouroux 1821