Eligmus

No picture of Eligmus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Eligmus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EligmidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Ostreida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Ostreida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Ostreida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 168.2 Mya to 157.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 174.7 Mya to 149.2 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 0 of 172 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 155 of 172 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 17 of 172 occurrencesLate Jurassic175–174 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences174–173 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences173–173 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences173–172 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences172–171 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences171–170 Mya — about 7 occurrences170–169 Mya — about 7 occurrences169–168 Mya — about 7 occurrences168–167 Mya — about 15 occurrences167–166 Mya — about 15 occurrences166–165 Mya — about 15 occurrences165–165 Mya — about 19 occurrences165–164 Mya — about 20 occurrences164–163 Mya — about 20 occurrences163–162 Mya — about 20 occurrences162–161 Mya — about 11 occurrences161–160 Mya — about 2 occurrences160–159 Mya — about 2 occurrences159–158 Mya — about 2 occurrences158–158 Mya — about 2 occurrences158–157 Mya — about 2 occurrences157–156 Mya — about 2 occurrences156–155 Mya — about 2 occurrences155–154 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences154–153 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences153–152 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences152–151 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences151–150 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences150–150 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences150–149 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences168.2 Mya157.9 Mya175.2 Mya148.7 Mya

172 occurrences of Eligmus on record, most of them in the Middle Jurassic. 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

172 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

25 formations

Dhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 24.89°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 23.30°N, 46.25°EDhruma — 23.20°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.62°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.33°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 23.80°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 24.75°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 24.75°N, 46.08°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°EShuqra — 14.27°N, 48.57°EShuqra — 14.30°N, 48.47°EShuqra — 14.32°N, 48.45°EBihen Limestone — 10.25°N, 45.12°EBihen Limestone — 10.08°N, 45.32°EBihen Limestone — 10.23°N, 45.47°EBihen Limestone — 11.02°N, 48.97°EBihen Limestone — 11.07°N, 48.93°EBihen Limestone — 10.15°N, 45.10°EMughanniyya — 32.17°N, 35.63°EMughanniyya — 32.18°N, 35.77°EMughanniyya — 32.10°N, 35.63°EMughanniyya — 32.20°N, 35.70°EJhurio — 23.50°N, 70.50°EDhahab — 32.18°N, 35.67°EHamam — 32.10°N, 35.63°EHamam — 32.20°N, 35.70°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 22.62°N, 46.50°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 20.25°N, 45.17°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 25.05°N, 45.67°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 25.37°N, 45.50°EKehalia — 30.71°N, 33.37°EKehalia — 30.71°N, 33.50°EKehalia — 30.68°N, 33.30°ETuotuohe — 32.98°N, 91.97°ETuotuohe — 32.12°N, 91.33°ETuotuohe — 33.33°N, 90.83°ETataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°EPatcham — 23.52°N, 69.00°EPatcham — 23.70°N, 69.05°EHuni Dolomite — 32.23°N, 35.77°ESafa — 30.70°N, 33.49°ERamla — 32.17°N, 35.68°ESuowa — 33.35°N, 91.88°EMatuo — 33.35°N, 91.88°ESa Wer — 10.56°N, 43.00°EDuvalia Marl — 22.98°S, 44.40°EDorgali — 39.91°N, 9.41°EKamar-e-Mehdi — 33.00°N, 56.50°EHanifa — 24.53°N, 46.61°ETuwaiq Mountain — 24.55°N, 46.44°EArousiah — 30.73°N, 33.44°E

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The named rock units Eligmus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. One further formation holds fewer occurrences and is not listed. 15 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Eligmus and its relatives

Middle Jurassic

Where Eligmus and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

602 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 108 sites for Eligmus, 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

23 references

Each of the 172 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. 11 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 content0

No picture of Eligmus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Eligmus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Eligmus was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Eudes-Deslongchampes 1856