Sphaerulina

No picture of Sphaerulina was found. Wikipedia and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikidata has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Sphaerulina itself, so it was not used. 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 Sphaerulina, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StaffellidaePBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Foraminifera
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Foraminifera
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Foraminifera
Environment
marinePBDB, for Fusulinoidea

Time the record covers

At least 39 million years on record.

The record covers at least 293.52 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 0 of 52 occurrencesPermian — about 52 of 52 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 52 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences298–297 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences295–293 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences292–290 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences290–288 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences288–287 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences287–285 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences282–280 Mya — about 1 occurrence280–279 Mya — about 1 occurrence279–277 Mya — about 1 occurrence277–275 Mya — about 1 occurrence275–274 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences274–272 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences271–269 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences269–267 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 7 occurrences266–264 Mya — about 7 occurrences264–262 Mya — about 2 occurrences262–261 Mya — about 2 occurrences261–259 Mya — about 3 occurrences259–257 Mya — about 3 occurrences257–256 Mya — about 3 occurrences256–254 Mya — about 3 occurrences254–253 Mya — about 9 occurrences253–251 Mya — about 4 occurrences293.52 Mya254.14 Mya299.8 Mya251 Mya

52 occurrences of Sphaerulina on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

52 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

15 formations

Changxing — 26.33°N, 105.93°EChangxing — 30.49°N, 107.00°EChangxing — 29.49°N, 106.40°EChangxing — 26.50°N, 105.58°EGnishik — 39.56°N, 45.40°EGnishik — 39.73°N, 45.15°EGnishik — 39.83°N, 45.06°ELugu — 33.28°N, 87.46°EGnishik — 39.58°N, 45.23°EGnishik — 39.60°N, 45.15°ESurmaq — 30.91°N, 53.22°EKhachik — 39.60°N, 45.15°EKhachik — 39.45°N, 45.23°EKhachik — 39.66°N, 45.22°EXiala — 30.74°N, 89.99°EXiala — 30.95°N, 89.20°EMitai — 32.76°N, 131.34°EQixia — 31.63°N, 117.83°EHuai Tak — 18.73°N, 99.88°EShomaru — 35.77°N, 139.23°EVazhnan — 31.78°N, 52.13°ESidazhai — 25.61°N, 106.15°EWuchiaping — 23.40°N, 106.00°E

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The named rock units Sphaerulina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 11 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Sphaerulina and its relatives

Permian

Where Sphaerulina and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

389 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 44 sites for Sphaerulina, 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

20 references

Each of the 52 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. 8 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 Sphaerulina was found. Wikipedia and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikidata has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Sphaerulina itself, so it was not used.

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

No 3D scan of Sphaerulina 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 itStaffellidae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.