Modiolus (Modiolus)

Modiolus (Modiolus)

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ModiolusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Modiolus
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Modiolus
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB, for Modiolus
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwaterPBDB, for Mytilidae

Time the record covers

At least 323 million years on record.

The record covers at least 323.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 335.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 6 of 426 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 426 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 0 of 426 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 426 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 5 of 426 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 106 of 426 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 138 of 426 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 85 of 426 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 5 of 426 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 2 of 426 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 6 of 426 occurrencesEocene — about 2 of 426 occurrencesOligocene — about 3 of 426 occurrencesMiocene — about 28 of 426 occurrencesPliocene — about 12 of 426 occurrencesPleistocene — about 27 of 426 occurrences343–331 Mya — about 1 occurrence331–320 Mya — about 4 occurrences320–308 Mya — about 1 occurrence240–228 Mya — about 4 occurrences228–217 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences206–194 Mya — about 23 occurrences194–183 Mya — about 77 occurrences183–171 Mya — about 13 occurrences171–160 Mya — about 141 occurrences160–148 Mya — about 58 occurrences148–137 Mya — about 20 occurrences114–103 Mya — about 2 occurrences103–91 Mya — about 1 occurrence80–69 Mya — about 1 occurrence69–57 Mya — about 5 occurrences57–46 Mya — about 2 occurrences46–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–23 Mya — about 4 occurrences23–11 Mya — about 24 occurrences11–0 Mya — about 44 occurrences323.4 Mya11.7 ka343 Mya0 Mya

426 occurrences of Modiolus (Modiolus) on record, most of them in the Middle Jurassic. 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

426 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

94 formations

Tataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°EAberhan Sinemur — 33.47°S, 70.75°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.84°WVaqueros — 34.51°N, 120.23°WVaqueros — 34.52°N, 120.43°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 120.29°WVaqueros — 34.53°N, 120.35°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 34.92°N, 119.13°WSobral — 39.10°N, 9.27°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.25°WTemblor — 35.95°N, 120.22°WWhite Limestone — 51.75°N, 1.17°WWhite Limestone — 51.00°N, 1.00°WWhitby Mudstone — 54.45°N, 0.57°WAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WTurmiel Fm — 40.40°N, 1.50°WMatuo — 33.33°N, 92.00°EMatuo — 33.33°N, 91.33°EMatuo — 33.00°N, 91.00°EMatuo — 33.33°N, 90.83°EMatuo — 33.33°N, 91.00°EAberhan Pliensbach — 33.47°S, 70.75°WGrabfeld — 50.00°N, 10.62°EGrabfeld — 50.10°N, 10.58°EGrabfeld — 49.70°N, 10.43°EBihen Limestone — 10.25°N, 45.12°EBihen Limestone — 11.02°N, 48.97°EBihen Limestone — 10.15°N, 45.10°EAmaltheenton — 49.79°N, 11.04°EAmaltheenton — 52.06°N, 8.33°ELourinhã — 39.10°N, 9.27°WGoradongar — 23.50°N, 70.50°ESpilsby Sandstone — 52.78°N, 0.52°ESpilsby Sandstone — 53.13°N, 0.05°ESpilsby Sandstone — 53.48°N, 0.35°WSpilsby Sandstone — 53.20°N, 0.15°EShuqra — 14.27°N, 48.57°EShuqra — 14.32°N, 48.45°EMartinez — 38.21°N, 121.99°WMartinez — 38.00°N, 122.20°WCold Fish Volcanics — 57.50°N, 128.90°WCold Fish Volcanics — 57.67°N, 128.86°WHabo beds — 23.20°N, 69.80°EAntalo — 13.62°N, 39.45°EAntalo — 13.63°N, 39.45°E

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The named rock units Modiolus (Modiolus) has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 70 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 110 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Modiolus (Modiolus) and its relatives

Middle Jurassic

Where Modiolus (Modiolus) and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

2,031 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 298 sites for Modiolus (Modiolus), and this reads 240 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

104 references

Each of the 426 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. 92 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 content3

Picture of Modiolus (Modiolus)

Source
GBIF
Credit
loisstephens1
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Modiolus modiolus · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:126621

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access 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 itModiolus through timeFormations of the Middle JurassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lamarck 1799