Mimachlamys sturtiana

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
Chlamys (Mimachlamys)PBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Chlamys
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Chlamys
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Chlamys
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Pectinidae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

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 3 occurrencesMiocene — about 2 of 3 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 3 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 occurrences5.8–5.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.1–4.5 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.5–3.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences3.8–3.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15.98 Mya5.333 Mya23.5 Mya3.1 Mya

3 occurrences of Mimachlamys sturtiana 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

3 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

2 formations

Abrakurrie Limestone — 31.72°S, 127.22°EMannum Limestone — 34.90°S, 139.30°E

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The named rock units Mimachlamys sturtiana has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Mimachlamys sturtiana and its relatives

Miocene

Where Mimachlamys sturtiana and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

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

Entered from

3 references

Each of the 3 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

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No picture of Mimachlamys sturtiana 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 Mimachlamys sturtiana, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Mimachlamys sturtiana 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 itChlamys (Mimachlamys) through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Tate 1886)