Bakevelliidae

Bakevelliidae is an extinct family of prehistoric bivalves that lived from the Late Mississippian until the Middle Eocene. Bakevelliidae species are found worldwide, excluding Antarctica. Living a stationary life attached to substrate in marine and brackish environments, they formed shells of an aragonite composition with a low amount of magnesium calcite. The family was named by William King in 1850. At least one genus in the family, Hoernesia, has a notably twisted commissure join.

Bakevelliidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PterioideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pterioidea
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Pterioidea
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB, for Pterioidea
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At least 282 million years on record.

The record covers at least 323.4 Mya to 41.03 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 330.3 Mya to 37.71 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 18 of 2688 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 416 of 2688 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 503 of 2688 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 387 of 2688 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 363 of 2688 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 265 of 2688 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 196 of 2688 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 161 of 2688 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 172 of 2688 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 204 of 2688 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 1 of 2688 occurrencesEocene — about 2 of 2688 occurrencesOligocene — about 0 of 2688 occurrences336–326 Mya — about 2 occurrences326–316 Mya — about 2 occurrences316–306 Mya — about 5 occurrences306–296 Mya — about 12 occurrences296–285 Mya — about 13 occurrences285–275 Mya — about 32 occurrences275–265 Mya — about 35 occurrences265–255 Mya — about 176 occurrences255–245 Mya — about 724 occurrences245–235 Mya — about 374 occurrences235–225 Mya — about 91 occurrences225–214 Mya — about 23 occurrences214–204 Mya — about 83 occurrences204–194 Mya — about 205 occurrences194–184 Mya — about 126 occurrences184–174 Mya — about 52 occurrences174–164 Mya — about 140 occurrences164–154 Mya — about 157 occurrences154–143 Mya — about 56 occurrences143–133 Mya — about 27 occurrences133–123 Mya — about 39 occurrences123–113 Mya — about 77 occurrences113–103 Mya — about 22 occurrences103–93 Mya — about 76 occurrences93–83 Mya — about 21 occurrences83–72 Mya — about 14 occurrences72–62 Mya — about 101 occurrences62–52 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences52–42 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences42–32 Mya — about 1 occurrence323.4 Mya41.03 Mya336 Mya32 Mya

2,688 occurrences of Bakevelliidae on record, most of them in the Early Triassic. 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

2,688 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

463 formations

Kossen — 47.78°N, 13.80°EKossen — 47.66°N, 12.45°EKossen — 47.57°N, 11.77°EKossen — 47.75°N, 14.73°EKossen — 47.67°N, 12.70°EKossen — 47.79°N, 15.17°EKossen — 47.55°N, 12.17°EKossen — 47.58°N, 12.57°EKossen — 47.71°N, 13.20°EFord — 54.88°N, 1.38°WFord — 54.81°N, 1.32°WFord — 54.83°N, 1.37°WFord — 54.73°N, 1.27°WFord — 53.70°N, 1.33°WFord — 55.05°N, 1.44°WFord — 53.54°N, 1.25°WMoenkopi — 37.05°N, 113.75°WMoenkopi — 37.17°N, 113.29°WMoenkopi — 39.00°N, 110.68°WMoenkopi — 39.10°N, 110.50°WMoenkopi — 38.24°N, 111.25°WMoenkopi — 39.00°N, 110.52°WMoenkopi — 40.57°N, 110.49°WMoenkopi — 38.24°N, 112.22°WMoenkopi — 38.21°N, 111.28°WMoenkopi — 37.10°N, 113.71°WMoenkopi — 37.08°N, 113.27°WMoenkopi — 37.13°N, 113.76°WMoenkopi — 37.05°N, 113.27°WMoenkopi — 37.18°N, 113.22°WMoenkopi — 37.67°N, 113.05°WMoenkopi — 37.13°N, 113.23°WWerfen — 46.38°N, 11.85°EWerfen — 46.30°N, 11.80°EWerfen — 46.57°N, 11.63°EWerfen — 46.35°N, 11.87°EWerfen — 46.46°N, 11.70°EWerfen — 46.29°N, 11.52°EWerfen — 46.66°N, 11.83°EWerfen — 46.34°N, 11.68°EWerfen — 46.30°N, 11.57°EWerfen — 46.37°N, 11.59°EWerfen — 46.36°N, 11.44°EDaye — 30.30°N, 106.85°EDaye — 30.49°N, 107.00°EDaye — 29.71°N, 113.93°EDaye — 25.59°N, 106.65°EDaye — 25.58°N, 106.76°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.67°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.76°ETataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°EKoessen — 47.00°N, 13.00°EKoessen — 47.71°N, 13.20°EKoessen — 47.67°N, 12.70°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EBellerophon — 46.56°N, 11.73°EBellerophon — 46.34°N, 11.23°EBellerophon — 46.64°N, 11.84°EBellerophon — 46.56°N, 11.65°EBellerophon — 46.68°N, 11.91°EBellerophon — 45.70°N, 11.22°ECassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.54°N, 11.62°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.53°N, 11.92°ECassian — 46.54°N, 12.10°ECassian — 46.58°N, 12.25°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.94°EUlakhan-Krest — 71.81°N, 127.24°EUlakhan-Krest — 71.70°N, 127.80°EUlakhan-Krest — 71.72°N, 127.49°ECsopak Marl — 47.00°N, 17.83°EWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.68°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 33.62°N, 96.61°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 31.70°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.05°N, 97.23°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WWoodbine — 33.87°N, 95.57°WFeixianguan — 32.31°N, 105.46°EFeixianguan — 28.10°N, 105.04°EFeixianguan — 29.49°N, 106.40°EFeixianguan — 29.91°N, 106.52°EFeixianguan — 25.94°N, 104.50°EFeixianguan — 28.96°N, 106.92°EFeixianguan — 27.46°N, 107.14°EFeixianguan — 26.10°N, 105.30°EFeixianguan — 28.44°N, 104.72°EFeixianguan — 30.13°N, 106.45°EFeixianguan — 24.94°N, 104.69°EFeixianguan — 26.02°N, 104.67°ETrochitenkalk — 51.63°N, 9.03°ETrochitenkalk — 50.75°N, 8.50°ETrochitenkalk — 51.66°N, 9.06°ETrochitenkalk — 51.62°N, 9.12°ETrochitenkalk — 49.28°N, 8.70°ETrochitenkalk — 49.17°N, 10.02°ETrochitenkalk — 49.32°N, 8.86°EDalong — 27.07°N, 111.33°EDalong — 22.27°N, 107.69°EDalong — 26.55°N, 112.50°EDalong — 27.77°N, 111.96°EDalong — 27.62°N, 111.65°EDalong — 26.23°N, 112.94°EDalong — 25.80°N, 113.00°EDalong — 26.61°N, 107.22°EDalong — 25.58°N, 112.43°ELuolou — 22.27°N, 107.69°ELuolou — 24.96°N, 106.65°ELuolou — 24.36°N, 107.33°ELuolou — 24.43°N, 107.37°ELuolou — 24.81°N, 106.55°EAberhan Sinemur — 33.47°S, 70.75°WPiedra Pintada — 40.12°S, 70.27°WPiedra Pintada — 39.87°S, 70.48°WPiedra Pintada — 39.97°S, 70.47°WPiedra Pintada — 40.05°S, 70.35°WPiedra Pintada — 40.15°S, 70.30°WAtherfield Clay — 50.60°N, 1.32°WAtherfield Clay — 50.62°N, 1.97°WAtherfield Clay — 51.23°N, 0.22°WAtherfield Clay — 50.61°N, 1.36°WQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EQingyan — 26.92°N, 108.73°ELongtan — 27.17°N, 111.96°ELongtan — 26.14°N, 105.28°ELongtan — 25.58°N, 112.43°ELongtan — 24.78°N, 113.68°ELongtan — 26.50°N, 105.58°EHornos-Siles — 38.38°N, 2.58°WHornos-Siles — 38.17°N, 2.75°WHornos-Siles — 38.20°N, 2.73°WNayband — 32.50°N, 57.35°ENayband — 32.50°N, 57.20°ENayband — 33.00°N, 56.98°ENayband — 32.39°N, 57.45°ENayband — 32.18°N, 57.32°E

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The named rock units Bakevelliidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 439 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 627 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Bakevelliidae and its relatives

Early Triassic

Where Bakevelliidae and its relatives were recorded in the Early Triassic.

Found in the same rock

1,624 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,565 sites for Bakevelliidae, 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

477 references

Each of the 2,688 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. 465 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 Bakevelliidae

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BerndH
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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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. King 1850