Obolus ruchini

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ObolusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Obolidae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Obolidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Obolidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Lingulata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 2.5 million years on record.

The record covers at least 499.5 Mya to 497 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 508.2 Mya to 486.85 Mya.

Cambrian — about 4 of 4 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 0 of 4 occurrences509–508 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences508–507 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences507–506 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences506–506 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences506–505 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences505–504 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences504–503 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences503–503 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences503–502 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences502–501 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences501–501 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences501–500 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences500–499 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences498–497 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences497–496 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences496–495 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences495–495 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences495–494 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences494–493 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences493–492 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences492–492 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences492–491 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences491–490 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences490–489 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences489–489 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences489–488 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences488–487 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences487–486 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences499.5 Mya – 497 Mya508.7 Mya486.4 Mya

4 occurrences of Obolus ruchini on record, most of them in the Cambrian. 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

4 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

Sablinskaya — 59.93°N, 30.27°ESablinskaya — 59.88°N, 31.83°ESablinskaya — 59.69°N, 30.88°E

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The named rock units Obolus ruchini has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Obolus ruchini and its relatives

Cambrian

Where Obolus ruchini and its relatives were recorded in the Cambrian.

Found in the same rock

17 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Obolus ruchini, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.

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 4 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

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No picture of Obolus ruchini was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Obolus ruchini, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Obolus ruchini was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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. Khazanovich et al. 1984