Gouldia (Gouldia) minima

Gouldia (Gouldia) minima

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
Gouldia (Gouldia)PBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Gouldia
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Gouldia
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Gouldia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 0 of 79 occurrencesMiocene — about 65 of 79 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 7 of 79 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 7 of 79 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 1 occurrence22–21 Mya — about 1 occurrence21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–20 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 3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 6 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 8 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 9 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 7 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 3 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 2 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.6–785 ka Mya — about 1 occurrence785 ka–0 Mya — about 4 occurrences15.98 Mya129 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

79 occurrences of Gouldia (Gouldia) minima on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

79 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

19 formations

Koronia — 35.08°N, 33.17°EKoronia — 35.03°N, 33.15°EMamara — 39.39°N, 26.84°ERed Crag — 51.85°N, 1.28°ERed Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°EKattendijk — 51.25°N, 4.28°ERhodes — 36.42°N, 28.20°EVienna Basin — 47.95°N, 16.20°EDiest — 51.19°N, 4.46°ELychow — 50.69°N, 22.03°EWeglinek — 50.72°N, 21.95°EWeglin — 50.72°N, 21.95°EPinczow — 50.53°N, 20.53°EQuilon Limestone — 8.87°N, 76.59°EBerada — 51.10°N, 5.80°ELillo — 51.25°N, 4.28°ECoralline Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°EWerder — 52.98°N, 9.06°EBerchem — 51.20°N, 4.43°EMonte Giogo — 44.85°N, 9.86°EBreda — 51.95°N, 6.75°E

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The named rock units Gouldia (Gouldia) minima has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 54 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Gouldia (Gouldia) minima and its relatives

Miocene

Where Gouldia (Gouldia) minima and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

709 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 68 sites for Gouldia (Gouldia) minima, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

26 references

Each of the 79 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. 14 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 Gouldia (Gouldia) minima

Source
GBIF
Credit
manelor
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

CT scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Gouldia cerina · USNM:IZ:USNM 821432

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. (Montagu 1803)