Wurmiella

Wurmiella is an extinct conodont genus.

No picture of Wurmiella 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 Wurmiella, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SpathognathodontodaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Conodonta
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Conodonta
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Conodonta
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Conodonta

Time the record covers

At least 63 million years on record.

The record covers at least 445.5 Mya to 382.31 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 449.6 Mya to 237 Mya.

Ordovician — about 6 of 1354 occurrencesSilurian — about 1105 of 1354 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 239 of 1354 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 3 of 1354 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1 of 1354 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 1354 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 1354 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 1354 occurrences454–446 Mya — about 4 occurrences446–439 Mya — about 37 occurrences439–432 Mya — about 142 occurrences432–424 Mya — about 540 occurrences424–417 Mya — about 464 occurrences417–410 Mya — about 139 occurrences410–402 Mya — about 10 occurrences402–395 Mya — about 10 occurrences395–388 Mya — about 2 occurrences388–380 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences380–373 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences373–365 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences365–358 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences358–351 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences351–343 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences343–336 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences336–329 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences329–321 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences321–314 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences314–306 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences306–299 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences299–292 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences292–284 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences284–277 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences277–270 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences270–262 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences262–255 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences255–247 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences247–240 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences240–233 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences445.5 Mya382.31 Mya454 Mya233 Mya

1,354 occurrences of Wurmiella on record, most of them in the Silurian. 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

1,354 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

130 formations

Much Wenlock Limestone — 52.50°N, 2.08°WMuch Wenlock Limestone — 55.13°N, 2.37°WSundre — 56.91°N, 18.19°ESundre — 57.00°N, 18.40°ESundre — 56.93°N, 18.29°ESundre — 56.98°N, 18.35°ESundre — 56.91°N, 18.15°EEsill Shale — 37.70°N, 83.97°WEsill Shale — 37.80°N, 84.08°WEsill Shale — 38.17°N, 83.58°WEsill Shale — 38.55°N, 83.57°WEsill Shale — 38.58°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.73°N, 83.50°WEsill Shale — 38.77°N, 83.42°WRauchkofel — 46.60°N, 12.87°EHamra — 56.95°N, 18.16°EHamra — 56.97°N, 18.22°EHamra — 57.13°N, 18.36°EHamra — 56.91°N, 18.14°EHamra — 57.00°N, 18.40°ELochkov — 49.50°N, 14.33°ELochkov — 49.93°N, 14.18°ELochkov — 50.02°N, 14.32°EKopanina — 50.04°N, 14.33°EAlticola — 46.62°N, 12.88°EMegaerella — 46.44°N, 12.87°ECamelford — 32.95°S, 148.82°ECamelford — 33.95°S, 148.82°ECamelford — 32.95°S, 148.85°EEtelhem — 57.17°N, 18.28°EEtelhem — 57.28°N, 18.40°EEtelhem — 57.37°N, 18.81°EEtelhem — 57.28°N, 18.53°EPetes — 57.26°N, 18.36°EPetes — 57.20°N, 18.23°EPetes — 57.17°N, 18.27°EJaagarahu — 58.35°N, 22.08°EWhitcliffe — 52.53°N, 2.63°WWhitcliffe — 52.45°N, 2.72°WWhitcliffe — 52.43°N, 2.75°WWhitcliffe — 52.07°N, 2.35°WWhitcliffe — 51.58°N, 1.87°WWhitcliffe — 52.45°N, 2.12°WWhitcliffe — 51.70°N, 2.45°WWhitcliffe — 52.05°N, 2.57°WWhitcliffe — 52.93°N, 4.37°WWhitcliffe — 52.37°N, 2.70°WGėluva — 54.65°N, 23.33°EAlticola — 46.44°N, 12.87°EAlticola — 46.61°N, 12.87°EAlticola — 46.57°N, 12.12°EAlticola — 46.58°N, 13.13°EHenryhouse — 34.41°N, 97.08°WRiga — 55.40°N, 22.88°ERiga — 54.65°N, 23.33°ELa Valute — 46.62°N, 12.88°EJaani — 58.52°N, 24.68°EJaani — 58.62°N, 22.90°ERabbit Hill Limestone — 39.22°N, 116.44°WNär — 57.31°N, 18.67°ENär — 57.11°N, 18.21°ENär — 57.40°N, 18.73°ENär — 57.42°N, 18.93°ENär — 57.32°N, 18.43°ENär — 57.44°N, 18.98°EHalla — 57.38°N, 18.25°EHalla — 57.35°N, 18.20°EHalla — 57.30°N, 18.15°EHalla — 57.61°N, 18.80°ESorve — 57.81°N, 23.25°E

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The named rock units Wurmiella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 106 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 166 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Wurmiella and its relatives

Silurian

Where Wurmiella and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

740 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 503 sites for Wurmiella, 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

88 references

Each of the 1,354 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. 76 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 content0

No picture of Wurmiella 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 Wurmiella, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Wurmiella 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.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Murphy et al. 2004