Pterynotus swainsoni

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PterynotusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Muricidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Muricidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Muricidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 9.2 million years on record.

The record covers at least 12.8 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 13.82 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Miocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 2 of 3 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 3 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences3.7–3.3 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences3.3–2.9 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences2.9–2.5 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences12.8 Mya3.6 Mya14.3 Mya2.1 Mya

3 occurrences of Pterynotus swainsoni on record, most of them in the Pliocene. 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

1 formation

Curchia — 44.76°N, 22.47°E

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The named rock units Pterynotus swainsoni 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.

Pterynotus swainsoni and its relatives

Pliocene

Where Pterynotus swainsoni and its relatives were recorded in the Pliocene.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Pterynotus swainsoni, so there is nothing to compare it with.

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

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No picture of Pterynotus swainsoni was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Pterynotus swainsoni, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. (Michelotti 1841)