Turritella gatunensis

Turritella gatunensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TurritellaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Turritella
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Turritella
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Turritella
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 26 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 774 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Eocene — about 0 of 63 occurrencesOligocene — about 7 of 63 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 47 of 63 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 8 of 63 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 63 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 3 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 8 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 8 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 8 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 6 occurrences6.9–5.8 Mya — about 3 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 4 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 4 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.2–0 Mya — about 1 occurrence27.3 Mya774 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

63 occurrences of Turritella gatunensis on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

63 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

18 formations

Gatun — 9.34°N, 79.80°WGatun — 9.39°N, 79.82°WGatun — 9.28°N, 79.97°WGatun — 9.30°N, 79.92°WTubará — 10.40°N, 75.51°WTubará — 10.99°N, 74.95°WTubará — 10.75°N, 74.98°WTubará — 10.33°N, 75.41°WChickasawhay — 33.14°N, 85.81°WChickasawhay — 31.52°N, 87.49°WChickasawhay — 31.63°N, 88.31°WChickasawhay — 31.69°N, 88.65°WChickasawhay — 31.67°N, 88.64°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WAngostura — 1.09°N, 78.99°WAngostura — 0.80°N, 78.93°WChagres Sandstone — 9.15°N, 79.96°WSubibaja — 2.28°S, 80.43°WSubibaja — 2.12°S, 80.47°WProgreso — 2.28°S, 80.43°WProgreso — 2.12°S, 80.47°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WSuwannee Limestone — 30.63°N, 85.59°WChickasawhay Limestone — 32.02°N, 88.27°WBurica Sandstone — 8.03°N, 82.92°WLimónes — 10.00°N, 83.22°WCayo Agua — 9.15°N, 82.03°WCaujarao — 11.46°N, 69.32°WTuira — 8.20°N, 77.71°WCastilletes — 11.94°N, 71.32°WJimol — 12.00°N, 71.31°W

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The named rock units Turritella gatunensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Turritella gatunensis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Turritella gatunensis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

557 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 33 sites for Turritella gatunensis, 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

21 references

Each of the 63 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. 9 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 content1

Picture of Turritella gatunensis

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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Conrad 1857