Planalvus densa

No picture of Planalvus densa 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 Planalvus densa, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PlanalvusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Athyrididina
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Athyrididina
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Athyrididina
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At most 60 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 358.86 Mya and 298.9 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Devonian — about 0 of 3 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 3 of 3 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 3 occurrences360–358 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences358–356 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences356–354 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences354–352 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences352–350 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences350–348 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences348–346 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences346–343 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences343–341 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences341–339 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences339–337 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences337–335 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences335–333 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences333–331 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences331–329 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences329–327 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences327–325 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences325–323 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences323–321 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences321–318 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences318–316 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences316–314 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences314–312 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences312–310 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences310–308 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences308–306 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences306–304 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences304–302 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences302–300 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences360 Mya298 Mya

3 occurrences of Planalvus densa 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

3 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

Salem Limestone — 37.31°N, 85.44°WRamp Creek — 39.33°N, 86.50°W

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The named rock units Planalvus densa has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Planalvus densa and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Planalvus densa and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

75 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Planalvus densa, 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

2 references

Each of the 3 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

Media content0

No picture of Planalvus densa 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 Planalvus densa, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Planalvus densa 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 itPlanalvus through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Hall and Clarke 1894)