Myalina

Myalina

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MyalinidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pteriomorphia
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Pteriomorphia
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Pteriomorphia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 208 million years on record.

The record covers at least 445.2 Mya to 237 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 452.8 Mya to 227.3 Mya.

Ordovician — about 3 of 453 occurrencesSilurian — about 0 of 453 occurrencesDevonian — about 9 of 453 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 145 of 453 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 153 of 453 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 126 of 453 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 15 of 453 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 2 of 453 occurrences457–449 Mya — about 1 occurrence449–442 Mya — about 2 occurrences395–387 Mya — about 2 occurrences387–379 Mya — about 3 occurrences379–371 Mya — about 3 occurrences371–364 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences364–356 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences356–348 Mya — about 4 occurrences348–340 Mya — about 16 occurrences340–332 Mya — about 7 occurrences332–324 Mya — about 17 occurrences324–317 Mya — about 16 occurrences317–309 Mya — about 16 occurrences309–301 Mya — about 54 occurrences301–293 Mya — about 30 occurrences293–285 Mya — about 11 occurrences285–278 Mya — about 14 occurrences278–270 Mya — about 45 occurrences270–262 Mya — about 34 occurrences262–254 Mya — about 23 occurrences254–246 Mya — about 138 occurrences246–238 Mya — about 14 occurrences238–231 Mya — about 2 occurrences231–223 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences445.2 Mya237 Mya457 Mya223 Mya

453 occurrences of Myalina on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

453 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

139 formations

Moenkopi — 37.05°N, 113.75°WMoenkopi — 37.17°N, 113.29°WMoenkopi — 37.00°N, 113.00°WMoenkopi — 39.00°N, 110.68°WMoenkopi — 39.10°N, 110.50°WMoenkopi — 38.24°N, 111.25°WMoenkopi — 39.00°N, 110.52°WMoenkopi — 40.57°N, 110.49°WMoenkopi — 38.24°N, 112.22°WMoenkopi — 38.21°N, 111.28°WMoenkopi — 37.10°N, 113.71°WMoenkopi — 35.44°N, 115.51°WWordie Creek — 72.41°N, 23.49°WWordie Creek — 71.65°N, 22.84°WWordie Creek — 74.03°N, 21.64°WWordie Creek — 74.00°N, 21.49°WWordie Creek — 73.99°N, 21.42°WWordie Creek — 74.05°N, 21.70°WVardebukta — 78.09°N, 13.84°EVardebukta — 77.71°N, 14.69°EVardebukta — 77.56°N, 14.89°EVardebukta — 76.96°N, 15.86°EVardebukta — 78.31°N, 14.07°EVardebukta — 77.90°N, 16.95°EVardebukta — 77.62°N, 14.98°EVardebukta — 78.53°N, 21.96°EDinwoody — 42.22°N, 111.43°WDinwoody — 42.00°N, 111.00°WDinwoody — 43.57°N, 110.73°WDinwoody — 42.70°N, 108.56°WDinwoody — 42.32°N, 111.25°WDinwoody — 43.33°N, 111.25°WDinwoody — 42.67°N, 108.68°WDinwoody — 43.64°N, 110.57°WDinwoody — 45.09°N, 110.79°WDinwoody — 42.11°N, 111.25°WMuldraugh — 40.04°N, 86.87°WWild Cow — 34.75°N, 106.25°WWild Cow — 34.95°N, 106.30°WWerfen — 46.38°N, 11.79°EWerfen — 46.56°N, 11.64°EDaye — 25.58°N, 106.76°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.76°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.67°EPark City — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPark City — 42.57°N, 108.41°WPark City — 43.56°N, 108.87°WPark City — 43.19°N, 109.16°WPark City — 43.33°N, 109.39°WPark City — 43.01°N, 109.00°WPark City — 43.54°N, 108.70°WPottawatomie — 39.10°N, 94.57°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°WPottawatomie — 39.05°N, 94.67°WPottawatomie — 38.94°N, 95.10°WWood Siding — 39.38°N, 95.23°WWood Siding — 39.25°N, 95.90°WWood Siding — 37.90°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 37.78°N, 96.43°WWood Siding — 37.60°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 37.46°N, 96.41°WWood Siding — 39.28°N, 96.43°WFalls City Limestone — 39.11°N, 96.44°WFalls City Limestone — 38.67°N, 96.12°WFalls City Limestone — 38.03°N, 96.28°WFalls City Limestone — 37.76°N, 96.41°WFalls City Limestone — 39.24°N, 96.53°WZeandale Limestone — 39.48°N, 96.15°WZeandale Limestone — 38.75°N, 95.96°WZeandale Limestone — 38.30°N, 96.16°WZeandale Limestone — 38.42°N, 96.18°WZeandale Limestone — 38.17°N, 96.18°WZeandale Limestone — 37.47°N, 96.37°WRoot Shale — 39.94°N, 95.93°WRoot Shale — 38.75°N, 95.99°WRoot Shale — 38.66°N, 95.92°WRoot Shale — 37.24°N, 96.53°WRoot Shale — 38.20°N, 96.22°WTrochitenkalk — 51.63°N, 9.03°ETrochitenkalk — 50.75°N, 8.50°ETrochitenkalk — 51.62°N, 9.12°ETrochitenkalk — 49.17°N, 10.02°EJanesville Shale — 37.25°N, 96.52°WJanesville Shale — 39.15°N, 96.46°WJanesville Shale — 37.09°N, 96.57°WJanesville Shale — 39.39°N, 96.19°WJanesville Shale — 39.33°N, 95.92°WCherokee Shale — 37.46°N, 94.80°WCherokee Shale — 37.11°N, 94.82°WCherokee Shale — 37.32°N, 94.93°WCherokee Shale — 37.04°N, 95.15°WCherokee Shale — 37.07°N, 95.15°WMoran — 31.55°N, 99.48°WMoran — 32.93°N, 99.23°WMoran — 32.58°N, 99.17°WThaynes — 40.77°N, 111.83°WThaynes — 44.00°N, 112.00°WThaynes — 45.23°N, 116.32°WThaynes — 40.46°N, 111.55°WElephant Canyon — 38.50°N, 109.67°WRoad Canyon — 30.38°N, 103.22°WRoad Canyon — 30.33°N, 103.30°WLuolou — 24.43°N, 107.37°ELuolou — 24.36°N, 107.33°ELuolou — 24.81°N, 106.55°EStotler Limestone — 39.07°N, 95.98°WStotler Limestone — 38.06°N, 96.22°WStotler Limestone — 37.63°N, 96.37°WStotler Limestone — 38.20°N, 96.22°WKaibab — 35.20°N, 111.57°WKaibab — 34.62°N, 111.09°W

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The named rock units Myalina has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 115 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 30 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Myalina and its relatives

Permian

Where Myalina and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

2,403 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 389 sites for Myalina, 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

147 references

Each of the 453 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. 135 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 Myalina

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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. de Koninck 1842