Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
Nemocardium (Nemocardium)PBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Cardiidae
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Cardiidae
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Cardiidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 27 million years on record.

The record covers at least 61.66 Mya to 33.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 27.3 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 142 occurrencesPaleocene — about 37 of 142 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 104 of 142 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 1 of 142 occurrencesOligocene67–65 Mya — about 1 occurrence65–64 Mya — about 2 occurrences64–63 Mya — about 2 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 3 occurrences61–60 Mya — about 7 occurrences60–59 Mya — about 7 occurrences59–57 Mya — about 7 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 7 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 8 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 8 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 8 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 8 occurrences51–49 Mya — about 8 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 8 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 9 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 9 occurrences45–44 Mya — about 9 occurrences44–43 Mya — about 9 occurrences43–41 Mya — about 9 occurrences41–40 Mya — about 4 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 3 occurrences39–37 Mya — about 2 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences61.66 Mya33.9 Mya66.8 Mya26.5 Mya

142 occurrences of Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

142 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

31 formations

Martinez — 38.21°N, 122.02°WMartinez — 38.00°N, 122.20°WMartinez — 38.00°N, 122.10°WSanta Susana — 34.31°N, 118.68°WSanta Susana — 34.23°N, 118.74°WSanta Susana — 34.09°N, 118.56°WSanta Susana — 34.22°N, 118.80°WLlajas — 34.31°N, 118.67°WLlajas — 34.32°N, 118.63°WLlajas — 34.24°N, 118.76°WFlournoy — 43.02°N, 123.93°WFlournoy — 43.28°N, 123.08°WFlournoy — 43.26°N, 123.03°WFlournoy — 43.46°N, 123.57°WRoseburg — 43.31°N, 123.12°WRoseburg — 43.01°N, 123.91°WRoseburg — 42.96°N, 123.83°WRoseburg — 43.27°N, 123.45°WRoseburg — 43.23°N, 123.41°WMeganos — 37.95°N, 121.85°WMeganos — 37.91°N, 121.74°WMatilija — 34.56°N, 120.19°WMatilija — 34.54°N, 118.74°WMatilija — 34.53°N, 118.76°WCapay — 39.20°N, 121.82°WCapay — 38.77°N, 122.20°WCrescent — 47.31°N, 123.53°WCrescent — 47.08°N, 123.83°WCrescent — 47.31°N, 123.55°WCrescent — 47.73°N, 122.85°WTejon — 34.94°N, 118.82°WTejon — 34.91°N, 118.99°WTejon — 34.92°N, 118.92°WJuncal — 34.77°N, 119.15°WJuncal — 34.40°N, 118.48°WJuncal — 34.56°N, 118.72°WSantiago — 33.77°N, 117.68°WSantiago — 33.76°N, 117.77°WBushnell Rock — 43.31°N, 123.12°WBushnell Rock — 43.27°N, 123.15°WTyee — 43.74°N, 123.19°WTyee — 42.99°N, 123.87°WSan Francisquito — 34.42°N, 117.85°WArdath — 32.78°N, 117.18°WArdath — 32.89°N, 117.25°WBateque — 26.25°N, 112.50°WTepetate — 31.62°N, 115.80°WGetkilninskaya — 62.50°N, 165.00°EKamchikskaya — 62.50°N, 165.00°EKamchik — 60.92°N, 163.78°EDomengine — 36.20°N, 120.50°WLas Virgenes — 34.25°N, 118.74°WSan Emigdio — 34.92°N, 119.30°W

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The named rock units Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 10 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum and its relatives

Eocene

Where Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

757 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 134 sites for Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum, 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

38 references

Each of the 142 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. 26 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.

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Specimen
Nemocardium probatum · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:325858

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