Wellerella tetrahedra

Wellerella tetrahedra

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
WellerellaPBDB
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 7.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 306 Mya to 298.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 312.8 Mya to 293.52 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 16 of 17 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1 of 17 occurrencesPermian313–313 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences313–312 Mya — about 1 occurrence312–311 Mya — about 1 occurrence311–311 Mya — about 1 occurrence311–310 Mya — about 1 occurrence310–309 Mya — about 1 occurrence309–309 Mya — about 1 occurrence309–308 Mya — about 1 occurrence308–307 Mya — about 1 occurrence307–307 Mya — about 1 occurrence307–306 Mya — about 1 occurrence306–305 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences305–305 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences305–304 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences304–303 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences303–302 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences302–302 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences302–301 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences301–300 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences300–300 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences300–299 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences299–298 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences298–298 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences298–297 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences297–296 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences296–296 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences296–295 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences295–294 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences294–294 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences294–293 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences306 Mya298.9 Mya313.3 Mya293 Mya

17 occurrences of Wellerella tetrahedra on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

17 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

9 formations

Cabaniss — 37.84°N, 91.53°WCabaniss — 37.48°N, 94.61°WCabaniss — 38.28°N, 93.98°WCabaniss — 38.47°N, 93.87°WHonaker Trail — 38.58°N, 109.58°WEly Limestone — 39.31°N, 113.64°WHogan — 39.30°N, 113.69°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.57°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.99°WFort Scott Limestone — 37.61°N, 94.70°WMattoon — 39.12°N, 88.57°WNellie Bly — 36.15°N, 96.25°W

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

Wellerella tetrahedra and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Wellerella tetrahedra and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

154 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 17 sites for Wellerella tetrahedra, 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

8 references

Each of the 17 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. 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

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Picture of Wellerella tetrahedra

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No 3D scan of Wellerella tetrahedra was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Dunbar and Condra 1932