Wellerella

Wellerella

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
WellerellinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Rhynchonellida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Rhynchonellata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 69 million years on record.

The record covers at least 323.4 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 312 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 102 of 312 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 210 of 312 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 312 occurrences361–357 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences357–354 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences350–346 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences346–342 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences339–335 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences335–331 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences331–328 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences328–324 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences324–320 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences320–317 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences317–313 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences313–309 Mya — about 15 occurrences309–305 Mya — about 14 occurrences305–302 Mya — about 32 occurrences302–298 Mya — about 45 occurrences298–294 Mya — about 28 occurrences294–291 Mya — about 17 occurrences291–287 Mya — about 3 occurrences287–283 Mya — about 1 occurrence283–279 Mya — about 10 occurrences279–276 Mya — about 14 occurrences276–272 Mya — about 23 occurrences272–268 Mya — about 23 occurrences268–265 Mya — about 45 occurrences265–261 Mya — about 7 occurrences261–257 Mya — about 11 occurrences257–253 Mya — about 15 occurrences253–250 Mya — about 7 occurrences323.4 Mya254.14 Mya361 Mya250 Mya

312 occurrences of Wellerella 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

312 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

82 formations

Graham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 32.96°N, 98.72°WGraham — 32.96°N, 98.76°WGraham — 33.02°N, 98.64°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.26°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.25°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.17°N, 98.16°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 39.27°N, 96.44°WForaker Limestone — 39.92°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.19°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 38.91°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestone — 37.35°N, 96.48°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 39.37°N, 95.88°WForaker Limestone — 39.34°N, 96.05°WForaker Limestone — 39.19°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 37.82°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 39.91°N, 95.91°WForaker Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.40°WForaker Limestone — 38.02°N, 96.28°WForaker Limestone — 38.71°N, 96.15°WForaker Limestone — 38.81°N, 96.08°WForaker Limestome — 39.49°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 39.39°N, 96.41°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WForaker Limestome — 37.65°N, 96.46°WAntimonio — 30.77°N, 112.60°WWord — 30.39°N, 103.14°WWord — 30.39°N, 103.18°WWord — 30.34°N, 103.30°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.57°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.44°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.91°N, 95.91°WRed Eagle Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.18°N, 96.60°WRed Eagle Limestone — 38.13°N, 96.33°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.37°N, 96.06°WRed Eagle Limestone — 37.64°N, 96.49°WRed Eagle Limestone — 37.10°N, 96.58°WCherokee Shale — 37.60°N, 94.68°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.99°WCherokee Shale — 37.14°N, 95.10°WCherokee Shale — 37.65°N, 94.71°WCherokee Shale — 37.33°N, 94.80°WCherokee Shale — 37.07°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.00°N, 95.17°WCabaniss — 37.84°N, 91.53°WCabaniss — 37.48°N, 94.61°WCabaniss — 38.28°N, 93.98°WCabaniss — 38.47°N, 93.87°WCherry Canyon — 31.86°N, 104.82°WBone Spring — 31.48°N, 104.95°WBone Spring — 31.49°N, 104.96°WBone Spring — 31.44°N, 104.90°WBone Spring — 31.61°N, 104.80°WWood Siding — 39.11°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 40.38°N, 95.66°WWood Siding — 39.86°N, 95.60°WWood Siding — 39.07°N, 96.08°WAkhura — 38.98°N, 45.53°EAkhura — 39.45°N, 45.23°EGrenola — 39.37°N, 95.06°WGrenola — 39.37°N, 96.06°WGrenola — 38.37°N, 96.63°WGrenola — 39.89°N, 96.00°WGrenola Limestone — 39.17°N, 96.60°WGrenola Limestone — 38.05°N, 96.41°WGrenola Limestone — 38.50°N, 96.35°WGrenola Limestone — 39.89°N, 96.00°WGrenola Limestone — 37.11°N, 96.62°WPhosphoria — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPhosphoria — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPhosphoria — 47.06°N, 109.43°WPhosphoria — 44.76°N, 112.30°WHonaker Trail — 38.58°N, 109.58°WSkinner Ranch — 30.27°N, 103.33°WTakhtabulak — 37.81°N, 74.53°ETakhtabulak — 38.10°N, 73.96°ETakhtabulak — 38.06°N, 74.06°ETakhtabulak — 38.02°N, 74.21°EWargal — 32.52°N, 72.30°EWargal — 32.43°N, 72.28°EWargal — 32.47°N, 71.95°ESlavyanskoy — 48.72°N, 38.26°ESlavyanskoy — 48.85°N, 37.60°EThrifty — 33.11°N, 98.59°WThrifty — 32.96°N, 98.76°WThrifty — 32.90°N, 98.90°WPark City — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPark City — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPark City — 47.06°N, 109.43°WZeandale Limestone — 37.47°N, 96.37°WZeandale Limestone — 39.07°N, 95.96°WZeandale Limestone — 38.16°N, 96.25°WHueco — 32.37°N, 106.87°W

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The named rock units Wellerella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 58 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 24 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Wellerella and its relatives

Permian

Where Wellerella and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,625 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 286 sites for Wellerella, and this reads 240 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

64 references

Each of the 312 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. 52 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 Wellerella

Source
iDigBio
Credit
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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Wellerella 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 itWellerellinae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Dunbar and Condra 1932)