Neospirifer dunbari

Neospirifer dunbari

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
NeospiriferPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spiriferida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Spiriferida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Spiriferida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 63 million years on record.

The record covers at least 323.4 Mya to 259.857 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 286 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 185 of 286 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 101 of 286 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 286 occurrences361–357 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences357–354 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences350–346 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences346–342 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences339–335 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences335–331 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences331–328 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences328–324 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences324–320 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences320–317 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences317–313 Mya — about 2 occurrences313–309 Mya — about 37 occurrences309–305 Mya — about 33 occurrences305–302 Mya — about 49 occurrences302–298 Mya — about 62 occurrences298–294 Mya — about 16 occurrences294–291 Mya — about 7 occurrences291–287 Mya — about 5 occurrences287–283 Mya — about 2 occurrences279–276 Mya — about 6 occurrences276–272 Mya — about 20 occurrences272–268 Mya — about 20 occurrences268–265 Mya — about 19 occurrences265–261 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences261–257 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences257–253 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences253–250 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences323.4 Mya259.857 Mya361 Mya250 Mya

286 occurrences of Neospirifer dunbari 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

286 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

44 formations

Graham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 33.03°N, 98.65°WGraham — 32.96°N, 98.76°WGraham — 31.50°N, 99.37°WGraham — 33.02°N, 98.64°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 33.01°N, 98.52°WGraham — 31.49°N, 99.31°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.26°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.18°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WGraham — 33.10°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.12°N, 98.51°WForaker Limestone — 39.85°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.37°N, 95.88°WForaker Limestone — 39.34°N, 96.05°WForaker Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.19°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 37.35°N, 96.48°WForaker Limestone — 37.09°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.19°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 37.82°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 39.92°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.40°WForaker Limestone — 38.91°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WForaker Limestone — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 37.25°N, 96.53°WForaker Limestone — 38.71°N, 96.15°WForaker Limestone — 38.02°N, 96.28°WForaker Limestone — 38.81°N, 96.08°WCherokee Shale — 37.60°N, 94.68°WCherokee Shale — 37.35°N, 94.99°WCherokee Shale — 37.36°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.30°N, 94.95°WCherokee Shale — 37.04°N, 95.17°WCherokee Shale — 37.14°N, 95.10°WCherokee Shale — 37.58°N, 94.64°WCherokee Shale — 37.51°N, 94.64°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.95°WCherokee Shale — 37.10°N, 94.89°WCherokee Shale — 37.11°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.21°N, 95.00°WCherokee Shale — 37.65°N, 94.71°WForaker Limestome — 39.49°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WForaker Limestome — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestome — 38.15°N, 96.32°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WCabaniss — 37.49°N, 94.57°WCabaniss — 37.59°N, 89.70°WCabaniss — 38.64°N, 90.42°WCabaniss — 38.02°N, 94.36°WCabaniss — 38.04°N, 94.34°WCabaniss — 38.28°N, 93.98°WCabaniss — 38.47°N, 93.87°WCabaniss — 38.56°N, 93.57°WHarpersville — 32.90°N, 98.90°WHarpersville — 32.96°N, 98.76°WHarpersville — 31.50°N, 99.37°WHarpersville — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGrenola Limestone — 39.20°N, 96.62°WGrenola Limestone — 37.80°N, 96.40°WGrenola Limestone — 38.56°N, 96.37°WGrenola Limestone — 38.50°N, 96.35°WGrenola Limestone — 38.87°N, 96.20°WGaptank — 30.36°N, 103.13°WGaptank — 30.32°N, 103.27°WGaptank — 30.33°N, 103.25°WJanesville Shale — 39.49°N, 96.27°WJanesville Shale — 39.28°N, 96.43°WJanesville Shale — 38.82°N, 96.05°WJanesville Shale — 38.67°N, 96.12°WJanesville Shale — 37.46°N, 96.41°WJanesville Shale — 40.45°N, 95.98°WThrifty — 33.11°N, 98.59°WThrifty — 32.96°N, 98.76°WThrifty — 31.50°N, 99.37°WThrifty — 32.90°N, 98.90°WBird Spring — 36.55°N, 115.69°WBird Spring — 36.73°N, 114.77°WStotler Limestone — 38.06°N, 96.22°WStotler Limestone — 38.78°N, 95.96°WStotler Limestone — 39.30°N, 96.35°WStotler Limestone — 39.63°N, 95.61°WNeal Ranch — 30.34°N, 103.15°WNeal Ranch — 30.36°N, 103.14°WWood Siding — 39.27°N, 96.42°WWood Siding — 38.20°N, 96.29°WWood Siding — 39.94°N, 95.93°WWood Siding — 39.07°N, 96.08°WRed Eagle Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WRed Eagle Limestone — 38.13°N, 96.33°WRed Eagle Limestone — 37.64°N, 96.49°WCaddo Creek — 33.00°N, 98.67°WCaddo Creek — 31.49°N, 99.31°WCaddo Creek — 33.24°N, 98.08°WFalls City Limestone — 37.76°N, 96.41°WFalls City Limestone — 37.55°N, 96.45°WFalls City Limestone — 39.24°N, 96.53°WLenox Hills — 30.21°N, 103.41°WLenox Hills — 30.38°N, 103.19°WGrenola — 38.43°N, 96.20°WGrenola — 38.37°N, 96.63°WFort Scott Limestone — 37.61°N, 94.70°WFort Scott Limestone — 37.11°N, 95.22°WPueblo — 31.50°N, 99.37°WGarcia — 33.20°N, 107.32°WWhiskey Canyon Limestone — 33.20°N, 107.32°WZeandale Limestone — 37.63°N, 96.37°WZeandale Limestone — 37.30°N, 96.47°W

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The named rock units Neospirifer dunbari has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 20 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 10 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Neospirifer dunbari and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Neospirifer dunbari and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

476 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 280 sites for Neospirifer dunbari, 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

27 references

Each of the 286 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. 15 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 content2

Picture of Neospirifer dunbari

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Credit
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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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Smithsonian Open Access was 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. King 1933