Leporimetis obesa

Leporimetis obesa

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
California fat-tellinPBDB
Sits inside
Psammotreta (Leporimetis)PBDB
Diet
deposit feederPBDB, for Psammotreta
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Psammotreta
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Psammotreta
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 83 occurrencesMiocene — about 42 of 83 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 18 of 83 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 23 of 83 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 6 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 6 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 7 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 7 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 0.3 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 22 occurrences15.98 Mya129 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

83 occurrences of Leporimetis obesa 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

83 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

14 formations

Pancho Rico — 35.89°N, 121.05°WPancho Rico — 35.99°N, 120.91°WPancho Rico — 36.00°N, 120.45°WPancho Rico — 35.74°N, 120.83°WPancho Rico — 36.03°N, 120.80°WPancho Rico — 35.90°N, 120.84°WPancho Rico — 35.94°N, 120.68°WPancho Rico — 35.96°N, 120.73°WPancho Rico — 35.89°N, 120.56°WVaqueros — 33.77°N, 117.89°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 118.71°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.84°WVaqueros — 34.35°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.24°N, 120.09°WVaqueros — 35.82°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.71°N, 118.27°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WPico — 34.41°N, 118.71°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.51°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.55°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.25°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.22°WTemblor — 36.34°N, 120.36°WJacalitos — 36.04°N, 120.39°WJacalitos — 36.14°N, 120.64°WSan Pedro — 33.85°N, 118.06°WSan Pedro — 33.93°N, 117.95°WSan Pedro Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WEtchegoin — 36.23°N, 120.33°WEtchegoin — 36.19°N, 120.64°WPalos Verdes — 33.63°N, 117.90°WYsidro — 28.92°N, 113.95°WIsidro — 26.97°N, 113.18°WTowsley — 34.36°N, 118.51°WSan Diego — 32.54°N, 117.11°W

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The named rock units Leporimetis obesa 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.

Leporimetis obesa and its relatives

Miocene

Where Leporimetis obesa and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,336 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 77 sites for Leporimetis obesa, 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

24 references

Each of the 83 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. 12 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 Leporimetis obesa

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

No 3D scan of Leporimetis obesa was found in Smithsonian Open Access and Sketchfab.

MorphoSource 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 itPsammotreta (Leporimetis) through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Deshayes 1855)