Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita

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Time the record covers

At least 20 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 6 of 74 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 58 of 74 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 9 of 74 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 1 of 74 occurrencesPleistocene28–27 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 1 occurrence26–25 Mya — about 1 occurrence25–24 Mya — about 1 occurrence24–23 Mya — about 1 occurrence23–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 7 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 7 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 7 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 7 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 1 occurrence10–9.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.3–8.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence8.4–7.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.4–6.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.5–5.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence5.6–4.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.6–3.7 Mya — about 4 occurrences3.7–2.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.8–1.9 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences1.9–928 ka Mya — about 0.4 occurrences928 ka–0 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23.04 Mya2.58 Mya27.8 Mya0 Mya

74 occurrences of Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita 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

74 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

13 formations

Vejle Fjord — 55.18°N, 11.88°EVejle Fjord — 56.00°N, 9.25°EBranden Clay — 56.88°N, 8.63°EBranden Clay — 56.80°N, 9.04°EBreda — 51.95°N, 6.75°EBrejning Clay — 56.17°N, 9.75°EFyansford — 38.22°S, 145.03°ECoralline Crag — 52.07°N, 1.35°ELillo — 51.25°N, 4.28°EGram — 55.28°N, 9.00°EWerder — 52.98°N, 9.06°EPanchina — 43.57°N, 10.35°EBlue Clays — 43.57°N, 10.35°ETermofourà — 45.05°N, 7.80°EJan Juc — 38.35°S, 144.30°E

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The named rock units Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 58 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita and its relatives

Miocene

Where Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

559 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 68 sites for Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita, 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

15 references

Each of the 74 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. 3 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

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Specimen
Limopsis aurita · FMNH:Invertebrate Zoology:175808

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