Paffrathopsis nana

No picture of Paffrathopsis nana was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia and 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 Paffrathopsis nana, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PaffrathopsisPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Gastropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Gastropoda
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 7.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 306 Mya to 298.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 312.8 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 2 of 4 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 2 of 4 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 4 occurrences314–312 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences312–310 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences310–308 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences308–306 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences306–303 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences299–297 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–293 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences293–291 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences291–289 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences289–287 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences287–284 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences282–280 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences280–278 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences278–276 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences276–274 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences274–272 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences272–270 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences270–268 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences268–265 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences265–263 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences263–261 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences261–259 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences259–257 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences257–255 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences255–253 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences253–251 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences306 Mya – 298.9 Mya314 Mya251 Mya

4 occurrences of Paffrathopsis nana 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

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

2 formations

Cabaniss — 38.47°N, 93.87°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°W

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The named rock units Paffrathopsis nana has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Paffrathopsis nana and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Paffrathopsis nana and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

123 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 4 sites for Paffrathopsis nana, 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

3 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 Paffrathopsis nana was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and 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 Paffrathopsis nana, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Paffrathopsis nana 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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What may have been alongside itPaffrathopsis through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Meek and Worthen 1860)