Amiantis

Amiantis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CallocardiinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Veneridae
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Veneridae
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Veneridae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 37.71 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 135 occurrencesEocene — about 23 of 135 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 17 of 135 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 30 of 135 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 29 of 135 occurrencesPleistocene — about 28 of 135 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 8 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 10 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 3 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 1 occurrence30–29 Mya — about 1 occurrence29–27 Mya — about 3 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 6 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 6 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 4 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 4 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 4 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 12 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 20 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 34 occurrences37.71 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

135 occurrences of Amiantis on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

135 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

32 formations

Temblor — 35.95°N, 120.25°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.22°WTemblor — 35.50°N, 119.78°WTemblor — 35.42°N, 119.85°WTemblor — 35.40°N, 119.82°WTemblor — 35.47°N, 119.89°WSan Emigdio — 35.06°N, 119.18°WSan Emigdio — 35.00°N, 119.29°WSan Emigdio — 35.03°N, 119.24°WSan Emigdio — 35.41°N, 119.69°WSan Emigdio — 34.91°N, 119.23°WSan Emigdio — 35.00°N, 119.00°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.74°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.51°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WHeadon Beds — 50.72°N, 1.59°WHeadon Beds — 50.67°N, 1.08°WHeadon Beds — 50.63°N, 1.55°WTalar — 25.33°N, 62.00°ETalar — 25.33°N, 65.50°EPleito — 34.99°N, 119.19°WTowsley — 34.36°N, 118.51°WTowsley — 34.34°N, 118.54°WNavidad — 33.95°S, 71.87°WNavidad — 33.83°S, 71.83°WNavidad — 33.95°S, 71.75°WMonterey — 35.99°N, 120.30°WMonterey — 37.43°N, 122.18°WPisco — 15.54°S, 75.73°WPisco — 14.20°S, 76.12°WCoquimbo — 30.33°S, 71.50°WPancho Rico — 36.02°N, 120.88°WPancho Rico — 35.90°N, 120.84°WSanta Margarita — 36.29°N, 120.32°WPalos Verdes — 33.63°N, 117.90°WCaracoles — 15.50°S, 74.75°WCaracoles — 15.53°S, 74.74°WVaqueros — 34.06°N, 118.70°WVaqueros — 35.82°N, 121.06°WJewett — 35.49°N, 118.85°WHeadon Hill — 50.67°N, 1.57°WYsidro — 28.92°N, 113.95°WIl'inskaya — 57.78°N, 158.58°EKuluvenskaya — 58.50°N, 159.17°EChatti Mudstone — 25.25°N, 62.25°EYorktown — 37.10°N, 76.39°W

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The named rock units Amiantis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 8 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 26 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Amiantis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Amiantis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,657 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 112 sites for Amiantis, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

56 references

Each of the 135 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. 44 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 Amiantis

Credit
Daderot
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Amiantis 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. (Carpenter 1863)