Sellithyris sella

No picture of Sellithyris sella 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 Sellithyris sella, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SellithyrisPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Sellithyrididae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Sellithyrididae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Sellithyrididae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 30 million years on record.

The record covers at least 137.05 Mya to 106.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 139.1 Mya to 93.9 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 40 of 41 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1 of 41 occurrencesLate Cretaceous140–138 Mya — about 1 occurrence138–137 Mya — about 3 occurrences137–135 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences135–134 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences134–132 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences132–131 Mya — about 2 occurrences131–129 Mya — about 2 occurrences129–127 Mya — about 2 occurrences127–126 Mya — about 2 occurrences126–124 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences124–123 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences123–121 Mya — about 1 occurrence121–120 Mya — about 8 occurrences120–118 Mya — about 4 occurrences118–117 Mya — about 4 occurrences117–115 Mya — about 4 occurrences115–113 Mya — about 4 occurrences113–112 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences112–110 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences110–109 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences109–107 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences107–106 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences106–104 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences104–102 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences102–101 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences101–99 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences99–98 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences98–96 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences96–95 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences95–93 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences137.05 Mya106.3 Mya140 Mya93 Mya

41 occurrences of Sellithyris sella on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. 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

41 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

13 formations

Ferruginous Sands — 50.60°N, 1.32°WFerruginous Sands — 50.63°N, 1.17°WFerruginous Sands — 50.60°N, 1.35°WAtherfield Clay — 50.60°N, 1.32°WAtherfield Clay — 51.23°N, 0.58°WAtherfield Clay — 50.61°N, 1.36°WHils Conglomerate — 52.00°N, 10.00°EHythe — 51.08°N, 1.18°EHythe — 51.08°N, 1.08°EArgiles de Ghriss — 35.25°N, 0.15°ECalcaires récifaux supérieurs — 38.77°N, 9.30°WSandgate — 51.23°N, 0.58°WZone de Pierre jaune — 47.05°N, 7.08°EArgiles de Lamoriciere — 34.90°N, 1.03°WBargate Beds — 51.21°N, 0.63°WMarno-calcaires à Heteraster oblongus — 38.85°N, 9.33°WCapas Rojas — 40.61°N, 0.13°WValea Minusului — 45.02°N, 21.88°E

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The named rock units Sellithyris sella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 14 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Sellithyris sella and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Sellithyris sella and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

533 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 40 sites for Sellithyris sella, 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

18 references

Each of the 41 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. 6 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 content0

No picture of Sellithyris sella 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 Sellithyris sella, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Sellithyris sella 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 itSellithyris through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Sowerby 1823)