Modiomorphidae

Modiomorphidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ModiomorphoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 240 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 237 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 174.7 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 1549 occurrencesOrdovician — about 686 of 1549 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 233 of 1549 occurrencesDevonian — about 587 of 1549 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 22 of 1549 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 18 of 1549 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 1549 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 2 of 1549 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 1 of 1549 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 1549 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 1549 occurrences493–482 Mya — about 3 occurrences482–471 Mya — about 14 occurrences471–461 Mya — about 47 occurrences461–450 Mya — about 373 occurrences450–439 Mya — about 269 occurrences439–428 Mya — about 80 occurrences428–417 Mya — about 143 occurrences417–407 Mya — about 57 occurrences407–396 Mya — about 63 occurrences396–385 Mya — about 233 occurrences385–374 Mya — about 207 occurrences374–363 Mya — about 15 occurrences363–352 Mya — about 3 occurrences352–342 Mya — about 8 occurrences342–331 Mya — about 7 occurrences331–320 Mya — about 4 occurrences320–309 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences309–298 Mya — about 1 occurrence277–266 Mya — about 3 occurrences266–255 Mya — about 12 occurrences255–244 Mya — about 4 occurrences244–233 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences233–223 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences223–212 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences212–201 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences201–190 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences190–179 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences179–168 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences477.1 Mya237 Mya493 Mya168 Mya

1,549 occurrences of Modiomorphidae on record, most of them in the Ordovician. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

1,549 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

326 formations

Moscow — 42.82°N, 78.68°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.70°WMoscow — 42.56°N, 74.58°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 74.54°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.83°N, 75.78°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.73°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 76.34°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 76.03°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.76°N, 75.73°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 75.57°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 75.48°WMoscow — 42.62°N, 75.33°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 75.05°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.96°WMoscow — 42.60°N, 74.95°WMoscow — 42.55°N, 74.82°WMoscow — 42.54°N, 74.88°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.15°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 77.57°WMoscow — 42.80°N, 77.25°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.95°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 77.83°WMoscow — 42.55°N, 74.50°WSkaneateles — 42.94°N, 76.25°WSkaneateles — 42.92°N, 76.21°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.14°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 75.60°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.89°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.58°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.52°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.42°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.18°WSkaneateles — 42.83°N, 75.02°WSkaneateles — 42.76°N, 74.91°WSkaneateles — 42.91°N, 75.96°WSkaneateles — 42.96°N, 75.88°WSkaneateles — 42.87°N, 77.87°WGeneseo — 42.33°N, 74.45°WGeneseo — 42.67°N, 75.59°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 76.17°WGeneseo — 42.44°N, 74.54°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.42°WGeneseo — 42.57°N, 75.34°WGeneseo — 42.54°N, 74.81°WGeneseo — 42.56°N, 74.85°WGeneseo — 42.48°N, 74.61°WGeneseo — 42.38°N, 74.43°WGeneseo — 42.62°N, 75.37°WGeneseo — 42.53°N, 74.93°WGeneseo — 42.65°N, 75.86°WGeneseo — 42.52°N, 75.01°WGeneseo — 42.51°N, 75.13°WGeneseo — 42.60°N, 75.54°WGeneseo — 42.64°N, 75.77°WWaynesville — 39.45°N, 83.83°WWaynesville — 39.44°N, 84.20°WWaynesville — 39.42°N, 85.01°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 39.53°N, 84.08°WWaynesville — 39.38°N, 84.08°WWaynesville — 39.35°N, 85.10°WWaynesville — 39.58°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.48°N, 84.05°WWaynesville — 38.77°N, 85.36°WWaynesville — 45.75°N, 87.02°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 78.85°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 77.76°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.84°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.94°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.35°WLudlowville — 42.95°N, 76.02°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 76.00°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.87°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.51°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.75°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.33°WLudlowville — 42.89°N, 76.14°WLudlowville — 42.82°N, 75.53°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 75.71°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 76.47°WLudlowville — 42.74°N, 75.54°WDunleith — 42.00°N, 90.50°WCorryville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WCorryville — 39.43°N, 84.60°WCorryville — 39.17°N, 84.12°WCorryville — 39.30°N, 84.40°WCorryville — 38.68°N, 83.79°WMartinsburg — 36.95°N, 81.08°WMartinsburg — 38.93°N, 78.20°WMartinsburg — 38.51°N, 78.63°WMartinsburg — 40.48°N, 76.53°WMartinsburg — 37.38°N, 80.86°WMartinsburg — 41.74°N, 74.18°WGlen Aubrey — 42.30°N, 76.19°WGlen Aubrey — 42.31°N, 76.07°WGlen Aubrey — 42.16°N, 75.83°WGlen Aubrey — 42.18°N, 75.90°WGlen Aubrey — 42.17°N, 76.05°WGlen Aubrey — 42.11°N, 75.85°WGlen Aubrey — 42.20°N, 75.68°WGlen Aubrey — 42.23°N, 75.53°WGlen Aubrey — 42.32°N, 75.75°WGlen Aubrey — 42.28°N, 75.70°WGlen Aubrey — 42.26°N, 75.98°WGlen Aubrey — 42.53°N, 76.11°WGlen Aubrey — 42.37°N, 76.35°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 44.98°N, 93.26°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 44.92°N, 93.02°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 44.97°N, 93.07°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 46.00°N, 94.00°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 42.00°N, 90.50°WWhitewater — 39.83°N, 84.89°WWhitewater — 39.42°N, 85.01°WWhitewater — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWhitewater — 38.60°N, 85.28°WWhitewater — 39.34°N, 84.95°WWhitewater — 39.48°N, 84.06°WWhitewater — 39.39°N, 83.93°WWhitewater — 38.83°N, 83.51°WOverton — 52.48°N, 2.63°WLexington Limestone — 38.00°N, 84.67°WLexington Limestone — 38.21°N, 84.89°WLexington Limestone — 37.90°N, 84.27°WLexington Limestone — 37.84°N, 84.46°WLexington Limestone — 37.65°N, 84.95°WLorraine — 45.74°N, 81.61°WLorraine — 44.59°N, 80.56°WLorraine — 45.94°N, 82.45°WLorraine — 43.69°N, 79.36°WLorraine — 43.59°N, 79.72°WLorraine — 45.97°N, 81.93°WLorraine — 46.22°N, 72.62°WLorraine — 45.56°N, 73.18°WLorraine — 43.70°N, 79.51°WFairview — 39.47°N, 87.41°WFairview — 39.00°N, 84.00°WFairview — 39.03°N, 84.51°WFairview — 38.68°N, 83.79°WMcIvor — 34.08°S, 151.02°EMcIvor — 37.05°S, 144.83°EMcIvor — 37.00°S, 144.00°EBoda Limestone — 61.17°N, 14.71°EBoda Limestone — 61.15°N, 15.12°EBoda Limestone — 60.97°N, 15.15°EBerlé — 50.01°N, 6.05°EBerlé — 50.02°N, 6.13°EKope — 38.87°N, 84.46°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WKope — 38.80°N, 84.16°WKope — 38.68°N, 83.79°WKope — 39.04°N, 84.53°WGeorgian Bay — 43.67°N, 79.42°WGeorgian Bay — 45.75°N, 81.60°WGeorgian Bay — 43.74°N, 79.56°WPonta Grossa — 24.25°S, 49.70°WPonta Grossa — 25.08°S, 50.15°WPonta Grossa — 26.07°S, 52.58°WPonta Grossa — 24.50°S, 50.40°WTriangle — 42.35°N, 75.89°WTriangle — 42.46°N, 75.47°WTriangle — 42.26°N, 75.40°WTriangle — 42.30°N, 75.51°WTriangle — 42.26°N, 75.77°WTriangle — 42.22°N, 75.47°WTriangle — 42.33°N, 75.31°WTriangle — 42.38°N, 75.58°WTriangle — 42.17°N, 75.84°WTriangle — 42.29°N, 75.60°WKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.35°EKopanina — 50.20°N, 12.48°EKopanina — 50.05°N, 14.37°EKopanina — 49.96°N, 14.18°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°E

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The named rock units Modiomorphidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 302 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 95 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Modiomorphidae and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Modiomorphidae and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

1,836 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 996 sites for Modiomorphidae, 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

257 references

Each of the 1,549 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. 245 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 content1

Picture of Modiomorphidae

Credit
Fossiladder13
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Modiomorphidae 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Miller 1877