Buchia

Buchia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BuchiidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Buchiidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 96 million years on record.

The record covers at least 168.2 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 184.2 Mya to 66 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 0 of 1057 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 2 of 1057 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 417 of 1057 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 630 of 1057 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 8 of 1057 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 1057 occurrences187–182 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences182–178 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences178–174 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences174–170 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences170–166 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences166–162 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences162–158 Mya — about 16 occurrences158–154 Mya — about 52 occurrences154–150 Mya — about 64 occurrences150–146 Mya — about 164 occurrences146–141 Mya — about 258 occurrences141–137 Mya — about 216 occurrences137–133 Mya — about 224 occurrences133–129 Mya — about 42 occurrences129–125 Mya — about 4 occurrences125–121 Mya — about 1 occurrence121–117 Mya — about 1 occurrence117–113 Mya — about 1 occurrence113–109 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences109–105 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences105–101 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences101–96 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences96–92 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences92–88 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences88–84 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences84–80 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences80–76 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences76–72 Mya — about 1 occurrence72–68 Mya — about 3 occurrences68–64 Mya — about 1 occurrence168.2 Mya72.2 Mya187 Mya64 Mya

1,057 occurrences of Buchia on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. 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

1,057 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

71 formations

Kap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WChigan — 43.03°N, 132.32°ERurikfjellet — 78.10°N, 13.94°ERurikfjellet — 77.62°N, 15.05°EPaksa — 73.00°N, 113.00°EAgardhfjellet — 78.33°N, 15.80°EAgardhfjellet — 78.10°N, 13.91°EAgardhfjellet — 78.08°N, 18.86°ELower Shale-Siltstone — 67.95°N, 135.41°WLower Shale-Siltstone — 68.02°N, 135.47°WLower Shale-Siltstone — 68.03°N, 135.45°WTiglukpuk — 68.71°N, 163.23°WTiglukpuk — 68.38°N, 162.72°WTiglukpuk — 68.67°N, 160.44°WTiglukpuk — 68.72°N, 158.42°WTiglukpuk — 68.60°N, 157.55°WTiglukpuk — 68.38°N, 157.25°WTiglukpuk — 68.43°N, 150.47°WTiglukpuk — 68.43°N, 150.45°WTiglukpuk — 68.50°N, 150.40°WTiglukpuk — 68.45°N, 150.33°WTiglukpuk — 68.43°N, 150.15°WTiglukpuk — 68.78°N, 148.42°WTiglukpuk — 68.87°N, 148.37°WTiglukpuk — 68.83°N, 148.17°WPeninsula — 49.38°N, 121.78°WPeninsula — 49.49°N, 121.88°WPeninsula — 49.49°N, 121.85°WPeninsula — 49.52°N, 121.97°WLadegardsaen — 82.42°N, 23.17°WAgardfjellet — 77.62°N, 15.01°EAgardfjellet — 78.10°N, 13.90°EDong'anzhen — 47.30°N, 134.15°EMariposa — 38.50°N, 121.01°WMariposa — 38.49°N, 120.85°WMariposa — 37.98°N, 120.56°WMariposa — 37.95°N, 120.52°WMariposa — 37.88°N, 120.41°WMariposa — 37.85°N, 120.37°WMariposa — 37.65°N, 120.17°WMariposa — 37.62°N, 120.13°WMariposa — 37.46°N, 119.95°WPalnatokes Bjerg — 74.50°N, 20.00°WPalnatokes Bjerg — 74.83°N, 20.25°WPalnatokes Bjerg — 72.48°N, 22.55°WPalnatokes Bjerg — 72.56°N, 22.52°WPalnatokes Bjerg — 74.47°N, 20.30°WPalnatokes Bjerg — 74.46°N, 20.17°WPalnatokes Bjerg — 74.45°N, 20.14°WPalnatokes Bjerg — 74.55°N, 19.83°WMount Oratia — 60.00°N, 160.00°WMount Oratia — 59.13°N, 161.58°WOkipruak — 68.54°N, 161.08°WOkipruak — 68.56°N, 161.32°WOkipruak — 68.55°N, 161.23°WOkipruak — 68.57°N, 161.07°WOkipruak — 68.51°N, 161.61°WJanusfjellet — 77.17°N, 16.00°EJanusfjellet — 77.05°N, 16.23°EJanusfjellet — 78.06°N, 18.69°EKingak Shale — 69.22°N, 147.67°WKingak Shale — 69.37°N, 146.53°WKingak Shale — 69.51°N, 146.31°WBuchia Ridge — 59.25°N, 159.75°WStaniukovich — 55.82°N, 160.62°WStaniukovich — 55.68°N, 161.05°WStaniukovich — 56.10°N, 157.41°WStaniukovich — 55.86°N, 159.58°WBazhenov — 62.92°N, 76.25°EBazhenov — 63.75°N, 77.00°EBazhenov — 62.92°N, 78.50°EBazhenov — 63.92°N, 73.50°EMenbu — 28.08°N, 86.00°EMenbu — 28.00°N, 86.00°EEek Mountain — 59.75°N, 160.50°WGuchuochun — 28.08°N, 86.00°EGuchuochun — 28.00°N, 86.00°EOkpikruak — 68.73°N, 163.13°WOkpikruak — 68.50°N, 161.67°WOkpikruak — 68.69°N, 161.52°WOkpikruak — 68.73°N, 163.03°W

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The named rock units Buchia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 47 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 409 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Buchia and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Buchia and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

339 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 641 sites for Buchia, 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

78 references

Each of the 1,057 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. 66 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 Buchia

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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Buchia 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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What may have been alongside itBuchiidae through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Rouillier 1845