Pterynotus

Pterynotus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae incertae sedis, the murex snails or rock snails.

Pterynotus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
murex snailPBDB
Sits inside
MuricidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Muricidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Muricidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Muricidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 59 million years on record.

The record covers at least 59.24 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 61.66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 3 of 74 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 35 of 74 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 7 of 74 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 17 of 74 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 4 of 74 occurrencesPleistocene — about 7 of 74 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 1 occurrence61–59 Mya — about 2 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences55–52 Mya — about 1 occurrence52–50 Mya — about 1 occurrence50–48 Mya — about 1 occurrence48–46 Mya — about 2 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 2 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 2 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 7 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 11 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 3 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 3 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 2 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 2 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 2 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 1 occurrence21–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 3 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 7 occurrences13–10 Mya — about 1 occurrence10–8.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.4–6.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.3–4.2 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.2–2.1 Mya — about 4 occurrences2.1–0 Mya — about 8 occurrences59.24 Mya11.7 ka63 Mya0 Mya

74 occurrences of Pterynotus on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

74 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

33 formations

Moodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.03°N, 92.02°WMoodys Branch — 31.82°N, 92.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.78°N, 92.49°WMoodys Branch — 31.60°N, 92.80°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 93.65°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 30.64°N, 96.52°WReklaw — 30.11°N, 97.32°WReklaw — 30.01°N, 97.26°WReklaw — 30.80°N, 96.72°WBarton Beds — 50.67°N, 1.57°WBarton Beds — 50.78°N, 1.73°WBarton Beds — 50.74°N, 1.69°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.72°N, 118.28°WSelsey — 51.02°N, 1.32°WSelsey — 50.73°N, 0.78°WBarton Clay — 50.74°N, 1.69°WPorters Creek — 32.03°N, 87.57°WPorters Creek — 31.98°N, 87.28°WPorters Creek — 31.92°N, 87.08°WWeches — 31.50°N, 94.35°WWeches — 31.56°N, 94.50°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WTogopi — 5.50°N, 117.00°ESuwannee Limestone — 28.23°N, 82.18°WSuwannee Limestone — 29.33°N, 83.14°WAlzey — 49.83°N, 7.72°EKorytnica Clays — 50.67°N, 20.52°EBreda — 51.95°N, 6.75°ESables a Nummulites variolarius — 49.25°N, 2.50°ERed Bluff — 30.98°N, 88.73°WBrejning Clay — 56.17°N, 9.75°EAmeke — 6.83°N, 7.08°EWaihao Greensand — 44.78°S, 171.17°ELlajas — 34.32°N, 118.63°WGrand Bay — 12.47°N, 61.42°WFlint River — 30.91°N, 84.58°WMuddy Creek — 37.73°S, 142.02°E

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The named rock units Pterynotus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 9 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 9 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pterynotus and its relatives

Eocene

Where Pterynotus and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

2,441 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 54 sites for Pterynotus, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

41 references

Each of the 74 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. 29 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 Pterynotus

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No 3D scan of Pterynotus 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.

The description on this site

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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. Swainson 1833