Limatula jeffreysiana

No picture of Limatula jeffreysiana 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 Limatula jeffreysiana, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LimatulaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Limatula
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Limatula
Motility
facultatively mobile, attachedPBDB, for Limatula
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 3.6 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 4 occurrencesMiocene — about 3 of 4 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 4 occurrencesPliocene24–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–9.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.9–9.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.2–8.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.6–7.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.9–7.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.2–6.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.5–5.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.8–5.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.1–4.5 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.5–3.8 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences3.8–3.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15.98 Mya5.333 Mya23.5 Mya3.1 Mya

4 occurrences of Limatula jeffreysiana 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

4 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

1 formation

Abrakurrie Limestone — 31.68°S, 129.00°E

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The named rock units Limatula jeffreysiana 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.

Limatula jeffreysiana and its relatives

Miocene

Where Limatula jeffreysiana and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Limatula jeffreysiana, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

3 references

Each of the 4 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content0

No picture of Limatula jeffreysiana 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 Limatula jeffreysiana, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Limatula jeffreysiana was found in Sketchfab.

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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What may have been alongside itLimatula through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Tate 1885)