Spiroscala quasipulchra

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SpiroscalaPBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB, for Eotomarioidea
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Eotomarioidea
Motility
slow-movingPBDB, for Eotomarioidea
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Eotomarioidea
Environment
coastal,marinePBDB, for Murchisoniina

Time the record covers

At least 24 million years on record.

The record covers at least 298.9 Mya to 274.4 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 303.7 Mya to 266.9 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 2 of 13 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 11 of 13 occurrencesPermian304–303 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences303–302 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences302–301 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences301–299 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences299–298 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences294–293 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences293–292 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences292–290 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences290–289 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences289–288 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences288–287 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences287–285 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences284–283 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences283–281 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences281–280 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences279–278 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences278–276 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences276–275 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences274–273 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences273–271 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences271–270 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences270–269 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences269–267 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences298.9 Mya274.4 Mya304.4 Mya266.2 Mya

13 occurrences of Spiroscala quasipulchra 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

13 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

6 formations

Road Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WRoad Canyon — 30.38°N, 103.16°WGaptank — 30.35°N, 103.12°WCathedral Mountain — 30.41°N, 103.11°WSkinner Ranch — 30.26°N, 103.35°WCherry Canyon — 31.86°N, 104.82°WHueco — 31.12°N, 105.14°W

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

Spiroscala quasipulchra and its relatives

Permian

Where Spiroscala quasipulchra and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

657 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 13 sites for Spiroscala quasipulchra, 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

1 reference

Each of the 13 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

Media content0

No picture of Spiroscala quasipulchra 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 Spiroscala quasipulchra, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Spiroscala quasipulchra 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Karapunar and Nützel 2022