Retispira nodocostata

No picture of Retispira nodocostata 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 Retispira nodocostata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RetispiraPBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB, for Bellerophontidae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Bellerophontidae
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Bellerophontidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Bellerophontida

Time the record covers

At least 20 million years on record.

The record covers at least 303.7 Mya to 283.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 306 Mya to 274.4 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 2 of 3 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1 of 3 occurrencesPermian307–306 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences306–304 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences304–303 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences284–283 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences283–281 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences281–280 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences278–277 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences277–276 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences276–275 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences303.7 Mya283.3 Mya306.6 Mya273.8 Mya

3 occurrences of Retispira nodocostata 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

Sturgis — 40.12°N, 87.75°WYeso — 34.18°N, 106.76°W

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The named rock units Retispira nodocostata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Retispira nodocostata and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Retispira nodocostata and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

32 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 2 sites for Retispira nodocostata, 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

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No picture of Retispira nodocostata 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 Retispira nodocostata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Retispira nodocostata 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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What may have been alongside itRetispira through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Gurley 1884)