Notosaria

Notosaria is a genus of brachiopods belonging to the family Notosariidae.

Notosaria

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 47 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 85 occurrencesPaleocene — about 0 of 85 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 4 of 85 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 8 of 85 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 68 of 85 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 2 of 85 occurrencesPleistocene — about 3 of 85 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences43–40 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–25 Mya — about 6 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 15 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 47 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.7–4.5 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences4.5–2.2 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.2–0 Mya — about 3 occurrences48.07 Mya129 ka67 Mya0 Mya

85 occurrences of Notosaria 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

85 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

10 formations

Thomas — 46.13°S, 168.75°ELa Meseta — 64.26°S, 56.68°WBreda — 51.41°N, 4.22°EOmihi — 43.55°S, 171.73°ETainui Shell Bed — 39.95°S, 174.98°EPinnacle Sand — 39.95°S, 174.98°ECape Rodney — 36.45°S, 174.87°EForest Hill — 46.05°S, 168.35°EChatton — 46.13°S, 168.75°EPinczow — 50.45°N, 20.80°E

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The named rock units Notosaria has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 69 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Notosaria and its relatives

Miocene

Where Notosaria and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

120 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 82 sites for Notosaria, 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

9 references

Each of the 85 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. 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 Notosaria

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itNotosariidae through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cooper 1959