Toucasia

Toucasia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RequieniinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Hippuritida
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunal, gregariousPBDB, for Hippuritida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Hippuritida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Hippuritida

Time the record covers

At least 25 million years on record.

The record covers at least 125.77 Mya to 100.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 132.6 Mya to 93.9 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 56 of 62 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 6 of 62 occurrencesLate Cretaceous133–132 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences132–131 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences131–129 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences129–128 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences128–127 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences127–125 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences125–124 Mya — about 2 occurrences124–123 Mya — about 2 occurrences123–121 Mya — about 2 occurrences121–120 Mya — about 6 occurrences120–119 Mya — about 5 occurrences119–117 Mya — about 4 occurrences117–116 Mya — about 4 occurrences116–115 Mya — about 4 occurrences115–113 Mya — about 4 occurrences113–112 Mya — about 4 occurrences112–111 Mya — about 4 occurrences111–109 Mya — about 2 occurrences109–108 Mya — about 1 occurrence108–107 Mya — about 1 occurrence107–105 Mya — about 2 occurrences105–104 Mya — about 2 occurrences104–103 Mya — about 2 occurrences103–101 Mya — about 2 occurrences101–100 Mya — about 2 occurrences100–98 Mya — about 1 occurrence98–97 Mya — about 1 occurrence97–96 Mya — about 1 occurrence96–94 Mya — about 1 occurrence94–93 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences125.77 Mya100.5 Mya133.4 Mya93.1 Mya

62 occurrences of Toucasia 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

62 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

24 formations

Cupido — 25.19°N, 100.71°WSandgate — 51.00°N, 0.85°WSandgate — 51.35°N, 2.08°WMal Paso — 18.58°N, 100.88°WMal Paso — 18.67°N, 100.73°WCalcaires récifaux supérieurs — 38.85°N, 9.33°WGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°EMural Limestone — 31.38°N, 109.75°WMural Limestone — 31.33°N, 109.10°WZirc Limestone — 47.27°N, 17.87°EZirc Limestone — 47.08°N, 17.57°EHalal — 30.37°N, 34.45°EHalal — 30.80°N, 33.45°EValea Minusului — 45.02°N, 21.88°EAltamira — 43.38°N, 4.22°WAl Hassanat — 23.53°N, 57.93°ECipiapa — 17.03°N, 97.58°W"Kanfanar" — 45.12°N, 13.83°EEl Cajon — 18.58°N, 100.88°WSierra Madre — 16.77°N, 93.37°WVillarroya — 40.52°N, 0.17°EUrgonien blanc — 46.40°N, 5.80°ESenyus — 42.25°N, 1.35°ECalcaires à Rudistes de Boca do Chapim — 38.40°N, 9.22°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.92°N, 98.30°WStuart City — 30.00°N, 96.00°WErnaga — 43.00°N, 2.77°WPerson — 28.87°N, 97.87°WRizan Aneiza — 30.80°N, 33.45°E

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The named rock units Toucasia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 23 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Toucasia and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Toucasia and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

338 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 42 sites for Toucasia, 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

34 references

Each of the 62 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. 22 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 content2

Picture of Toucasia

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itRequieniinae through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Munier-Chalmas 1873