Crassostrea patagonica

Crassostrea patagonica

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CrassostreaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Crassostrea
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Crassostrea
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Crassostrea
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
hypersaline,marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreidae

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 21 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 29 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 1 of 18 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 12 of 18 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 5 of 18 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 18 occurrencesPleistocene30–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 1 occurrence11–9.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.9–8.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.9–7.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.9–6.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.9–5.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence5.9–4.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.9–3.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.9–3.0 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.0–2.0 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences2.0–986 ka Mya — about 0.0 occurrences986 ka–0 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21 Mya5.333 Mya29.6 Mya0 Mya

18 occurrences of Crassostrea patagonica on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

18 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

Puerto Madryn — 42.50°S, 64.25°WPuerto Madryn — 42.50°S, 64.50°WPuerto Madryn — 42.58°S, 64.27°WEstratos de Agua Amarga — 27.05°S, 70.72°WEstratos de Agua Amarga — 27.16°S, 70.77°WEstratos de Agua Amarga — 27.42°S, 70.77°WFormación Coquimbo — 29.29°S, 71.30°WFormación Coquimbo — 30.12°S, 71.34°WEntre Rios — 33.72°S, 59.25°WMonte Leon — 49.53°S, 68.36°WBahía Inglesa — 27.20°S, 70.94°W

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The named rock units Crassostrea patagonica has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Crassostrea patagonica and its relatives

Miocene

Where Crassostrea patagonica and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

108 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 15 sites for Crassostrea patagonica, 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

7 references

Each of the 18 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. 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 Crassostrea patagonica

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access was 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 itCrassostrea through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (d'Orbigny 1842)