Similiscutum

No picture of Similiscutum was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. 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 Similiscutum, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BiscutaceaePBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Haptophyta
Life habit
planktonic, depth=surfacePBDB, for Haptophyta
Motility
passively mobilePBDB, for Haptophyta
Environment
oceanic,oligotrophic,marine,brackishPBDB, for Haptophyta

Time the record covers

At least 3.8 million years on record.

The record covers at least 184.2 Mya to 180.4 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 199.5 Mya to 174.7 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 170 of 170 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 170 occurrences200–199 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences199–198 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences198–197 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences197–197 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences197–196 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences196–195 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences195–194 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences194–193 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences193–192 Mya — about 2 occurrences192–191 Mya — about 3 occurrences191–191 Mya — about 3 occurrences191–190 Mya — about 3 occurrences190–189 Mya — about 3 occurrences189–188 Mya — about 3 occurrences188–187 Mya — about 3 occurrences187–186 Mya — about 3 occurrences186–185 Mya — about 3 occurrences185–185 Mya — about 3 occurrences185–184 Mya — about 6 occurrences184–183 Mya — about 8 occurrences183–182 Mya — about 11 occurrences182–181 Mya — about 11 occurrences181–180 Mya — about 12 occurrences180–179 Mya — about 14 occurrences179–179 Mya — about 14 occurrences179–178 Mya — about 14 occurrences178–177 Mya — about 14 occurrences177–176 Mya — about 14 occurrences176–175 Mya — about 14 occurrences175–174 Mya — about 6 occurrences184.2 Mya180.4 Mya200 Mya174.2 Mya

170 occurrences of Similiscutum on record, most of them in the Early Jurassic. 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

170 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

Subbetic Basin — 37.70°N, 3.63°WSubbetic Basin — 38.13°N, 1.47°WSubbetic Basin — 37.60°N, 3.21°WDalichai — 37.60°N, 3.21°W

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The named rock units Similiscutum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Similiscutum and its relatives

Early Jurassic

Where Similiscutum and its relatives were recorded in the Early Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

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

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 170 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 doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content0

No picture of Similiscutum was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Similiscutum, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Similiscutum 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 itBiscutaceae through timeFormations of the Early JurassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. de Kaenel and Bergen 1993