Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus

Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus

Busson · CC BY 4.0 · via GBIF. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
Modiolus (Modiolus)PBDB
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 50 million years on record.

The record covers at least 199.5 Mya to 149.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 201.4 Mya to 143.1 Mya.

Late Triassic — about 0 of 250 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 44 of 250 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 127 of 250 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 79 of 250 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 0 of 250 occurrences203–201 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences201–199 Mya — about 3 occurrences199–197 Mya — about 4 occurrences197–194 Mya — about 4 occurrences194–192 Mya — about 4 occurrences192–190 Mya — about 2 occurrences190–188 Mya — about 2 occurrences188–186 Mya — about 2 occurrences186–184 Mya — about 2 occurrences184–182 Mya — about 14 occurrences182–180 Mya — about 2 occurrences180–178 Mya — about 1 occurrence178–176 Mya — about 1 occurrence176–174 Mya — about 1 occurrence174–172 Mya — about 2 occurrences172–170 Mya — about 3 occurrences170–168 Mya — about 4 occurrences168–166 Mya — about 23 occurrences166–164 Mya — about 35 occurrences164–162 Mya — about 45 occurrences162–160 Mya — about 22 occurrences160–158 Mya — about 11 occurrences158–156 Mya — about 13 occurrences156–154 Mya — about 13 occurrences154–152 Mya — about 11 occurrences152–150 Mya — about 4 occurrences150–148 Mya — about 6 occurrences148–146 Mya — about 8 occurrences146–144 Mya — about 4 occurrences144–142 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences199.5 Mya149.2 Mya203 Mya142 Mya

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

250 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

47 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°ESobral — 39.10°N, 9.27°WWhite Limestone — 51.75°N, 1.17°WWhite Limestone — 51.00°N, 1.00°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°WBihen Limestone — 10.25°N, 45.12°EBihen Limestone — 11.02°N, 48.97°EBihen Limestone — 10.15°N, 45.10°EAberhan Pliensbach — 33.47°S, 70.75°WLourinhã — 39.10°N, 9.27°WGoradongar — 23.50°N, 70.50°EShuqra — 14.27°N, 48.57°EShuqra — 14.32°N, 48.45°EAntalo — 13.62°N, 39.45°EAntalo — 13.63°N, 39.45°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.72°N, 4.50°EForest Marble — 51.00°N, 1.00°WSuwa — 33.33°N, 92.00°ESuwa — 33.33°N, 91.33°EMatuo — 33.33°N, 92.00°EMatuo — 33.33°N, 91.33°EGadhada — 23.50°N, 70.50°EWashtawa — 23.50°N, 70.50°ECalcaires marno-crayeux superieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marno-crayeux superieurs — 49.87°N, 4.06°ESa Wer — 10.16°N, 43.06°ESa Wer — 10.34°N, 42.80°EDogger — 54.41°N, 0.87°WDogger — 54.42°N, 0.83°WAberhan Toarc — 33.47°S, 70.75°W

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The named rock units Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 23 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 43 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus and its relatives

Middle Jurassic

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

Found in the same rock

1,052 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 165 sites for Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus, 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

45 references

Each of the 250 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. 33 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 content2

Picture of Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus

Source
GBIF
Credit
Busson
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Modiolus modiolus · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:126621

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Sowerby 1818)