Dosinia acetabulum

Dosinia acetabulum

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 0 of 73 occurrencesMiocene — about 54 of 73 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 15 of 73 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 4 of 73 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 6 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 9 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 9 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.3–5.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence5.5–4.7 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.7–3.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.9–3.1 Mya — about 6 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 7 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15.98 Mya2.58 Mya23.5 Mya0 Mya

73 occurrences of Dosinia acetabulum 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

73 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

16 formations

Choptank — 38.53°N, 76.52°WChoptank — 38.39°N, 76.57°WChoptank — 38.17°N, 76.80°WChoptank — 38.41°N, 76.48°WChoptank — 38.62°N, 76.12°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.38°WYorktown — 35.51°N, 77.62°WYorktown — 37.25°N, 76.50°WYorktown — 37.02°N, 76.58°WYorktown — 37.06°N, 76.63°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.73°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 38.53°N, 76.52°WCalvert — 38.67°N, 76.53°WCalvert — 38.64°N, 76.52°WSt Marys — 38.16°N, 76.45°WSt Marys — 38.17°N, 76.44°WSt Marys — 38.26°N, 76.42°WSt Marys — 38.27°N, 76.15°WKirkwood — 39.36°N, 74.42°WKirkwood — 38.99°N, 74.82°WKirkwood — 39.00°N, 75.12°WSaint Marys — 38.17°N, 76.44°WSaint Marys — 37.86°N, 76.84°WSaint Marys — 38.18°N, 76.45°WSt Mary's — 38.36°N, 76.39°WSt Mary's — 37.66°N, 76.75°WSt Mary's — 37.56°N, 76.78°WWaccamaw — 34.17°N, 78.60°WWaccamaw — 34.33°N, 78.20°WWaccamaw — 33.86°N, 78.55°WJackson Bluff — 30.39°N, 84.64°WLas Cahobas — 18.53°N, 72.29°WGoose Creek — 33.33°N, 80.15°WTubará — 10.99°N, 74.95°WGatun — 9.27°N, 79.92°WBanano — 9.66°N, 82.75°WRio Banano — 9.62°N, 82.83°WPungo River — 35.40°N, 76.80°W

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The named rock units Dosinia acetabulum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Dosinia acetabulum and its relatives

Miocene

Where Dosinia acetabulum and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

744 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 58 sites for Dosinia acetabulum, 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

18 references

Each of the 73 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. 6 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 Dosinia acetabulum

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

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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. (Conrad 1832)