Orbitolites

Orbitolites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SoritidaePBDB
Diet
deposit feederPBDB, for Miliolina
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Miliolina
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Miliolina
Environment
hypersaline,marinePBDB, for Miliolina

Time the record covers

At least 31 million years on record.

The record covers at least 59.24 Mya to 27.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 61.66 Mya to 23.04 Mya.

Paleocene — about 18 of 92 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 71 of 92 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 3 of 92 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 0 of 92 occurrences62–61 Mya — about 1 occurrence61–60 Mya — about 3 occurrences60–58 Mya — about 4 occurrences58–57 Mya — about 5 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 6 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 8 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 8 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 8 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 8 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 8 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 6 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 3 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 3 occurrences45–44 Mya — about 3 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 3 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 3 occurrences41–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 2 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 2 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–26 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences59.24 Mya27.3 Mya62.4 Mya22.3 Mya

92 occurrences of Orbitolites on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

92 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

29 formations

Sinjar — 35.10°N, 45.59°ESinjar — 35.35°N, 45.42°ESinjar — 35.38°N, 45.49°ESinjar — 35.54°N, 45.30°ESylhet Formation — 25.26°N, 91.72°EKhurmala — 35.11°N, 45.82°EDobranberg Formation — 46.83°N, 14.53°ETavertet/Girona Limestone — 41.97°N, 3.17°ELakadong — 25.19°N, 91.76°ELakadong — 25.16°N, 92.39°EJdeir — 33.92°N, 12.58°ENummulitic Limestone — 43.78°N, 7.56°ENummulitic Limestone — 44.00°N, 7.74°ESables a Nummulites variolarius — 49.25°N, 2.50°EMinia — 30.86°N, 27.91°EWadi Amur Series — 31.05°N, 15.58°EAl Jir — 30.94°N, 15.50°EWadi Tamet — 28.88°N, 18.87°ECervicos Limestone — 19.02°N, 69.98°WBathurst — 33.48°S, 26.93°EMilburn Limestone — 46.07°S, 170.00°ESeeb — 23.56°N, 58.11°EUlukışla — 37.62°N, 35.00°EBanyoles Marl — 41.97°N, 3.17°EColl de Malla Marl — 42.00°N, 2.47°ESant Marti Xic Limestone/Terminal Complex — 41.97°N, 2.17°ETerminal Complex — 41.97°N, 2.17°EAlveolina- Nummulites Limestone — 45.70°N, 13.90°ETaleh Zang — 33.17°N, 47.68°E

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The named rock units Orbitolites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 30 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Orbitolites and its relatives

Eocene

Where Orbitolites and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

547 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 73 sites for Orbitolites, 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

33 references

Each of the 92 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. 21 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 Orbitolites

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Orbitolites 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.