Trochocyathus coloradoensis
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On record
Recorded, not inferred- Sits inside
- TrochocyathusPBDB
- Diet
- microcarnivorePBDB, for Trochocyathus
- Life habit
- low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trochocyathus
- Motility
- stationary, attachedPBDB, for Trochocyathus
- Vision
- blindPBDB, for Anthozoa
- Environment
- marinePBDB, for Scleractinia
Time the record covers
At most 6.8 million years on record.
Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 66 Mya and 59.24 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.
8 occurrences of Trochocyathus coloradoensis on record, most of them in the Paleocene. 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
8 occurrences- Paleocene100%
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
- Kincaid Formation · Midway Group4
- Wills Point Formation · Midway Group4
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The named rock units Trochocyathus coloradoensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.
Trochocyathus coloradoensis and its relatives
PaleoceneWhere Trochocyathus coloradoensis and its relatives were recorded in the Paleocene.
Found in the same rock
The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Trochocyathus coloradoensis, so there is nothing to compare it with.
Entered from
2 referencesEach of the 8 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
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No picture of Trochocyathus coloradoensis 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 Trochocyathus coloradoensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.
No 3D scan of Trochocyathus coloradoensis 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 itTrochocyathus through timeFormations of the PaleoceneThe world it lived on
Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Vaughan and Popenoe 1935