Amiantis callosa

Amiantis callosa

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
white amiantisPBDB
Sits inside
AmiantisPBDB
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 3.4 million years on record.

The record covers at least 3.6 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 5.333 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Miocene — about 0 of 42 occurrencesPliocene — about 18 of 42 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 24 of 42 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 0 of 42 occurrences5.4–5.3 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.3–5.1 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences5.1–4.9 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.9–4.7 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.7–4.5 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.5–4.3 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.3–4.1 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.1–3.9 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences3.9–3.7 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences3.7–3.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.5–3.3 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.3–3.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.1–2.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.9–2.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.7–2.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.5–2.3 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences2.3–2.1 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences2.1–1.9 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences1.9–1.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences1.8–1.6 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences1.6–1.4 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences1.4–1.2 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences1.2–972 ka Mya — about 0.2 occurrences972 ka–778 ka Mya — about 0.2 occurrences778 ka–583 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences583 ka–389 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences389 ka–194 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences194 ka–0 Mya — about 19 occurrences3.6 Mya129 ka5.8 Mya0 Mya

42 occurrences of Amiantis callosa on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

42 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

6 formations

Pico — 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°WTowsley — 34.36°N, 118.51°WTowsley — 34.34°N, 118.54°WPalos Verdes — 33.63°N, 117.90°WSan Pedro — 33.85°N, 118.06°WBay Point — 32.78°N, 117.24°W

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The named rock units Amiantis callosa has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 9 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Amiantis callosa and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Amiantis callosa and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,024 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 40 sites for Amiantis callosa, 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 42 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 content2

Picture of Amiantis callosa

Credit
Daderot
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
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CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Amiantis callosa · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:113785

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itAmiantis through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Conrad 1837)