Theelia planata

No picture of Theelia planata 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 Theelia planata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TheeliaPBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB, for Apodida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Apodida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Apodida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Holothuroidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Echinodermata

Time the record covers

At least 6.4 million years on record.

The record covers at least 243.43 Mya to 237 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 244.4 Mya to 233.6 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 4 of 5 occurrencesMiddle TriassicLate Triassic — about 1 of 5 occurrencesLate Triassic245–244 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences244–244 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences244–243 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences243–243 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences243–243 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences243–242 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences242–242 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences242–241 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences241–241 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences241–241 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences241–240 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences240–240 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences240–239 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences239–239 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences239–239 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences239–238 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences238–238 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences238–237 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences237–237 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences237–237 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences237–236 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences236–236 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences236–235 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences235–235 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences235–235 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences235–234 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences234–234 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences234–233 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences243.43 Mya237 Mya244.9 Mya233.1 Mya

5 occurrences of Theelia planata on record, most of them in the Middle Triassic. 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

5 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

4 formations

Karadagtepe — 41.91°N, 33.72°EFüred — 46.88°N, 17.60°EVäszoly — 46.88°N, 17.60°EBuchenstein — 46.88°N, 17.60°E

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

Theelia planata and its relatives

Middle Triassic

Where Theelia planata and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Triassic.

Found in the same rock

115 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 5 sites for Theelia planata, 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 5 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 Theelia planata 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 Theelia planata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Theelia planata 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 itTheelia through timeFormations of the Middle TriassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Mostler 1968