Ostreida

The order Ostreida includes the true oysters. One superfamily (Ostreoidea) and two extant families are recognised within it. The two families are Ostreidae, the true oysters, and Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters.

Ostreida

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
oysterPBDB
Sits inside
PteriomorphiaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 457 million years on record.

The record covers at least 457.2 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 463.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Ordovician — about 60 of 12000 occurrencesSilurian — about 270 of 12000 occurrencesDevonian — about 775 of 12000 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 241 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 190 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 93 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 581 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 704 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 1280 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 928 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 1495 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 672 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 3155 of 12000 occurrencesPaleocene — about 216 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 620 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 190 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 332 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 127 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 62 of 12000 occurrences473–457 Mya — about 3 occurrences457–441 Mya — about 66 occurrences441–425 Mya — about 141 occurrences425–410 Mya — about 220 occurrences410–394 Mya — about 111 occurrences394–378 Mya — about 382 occurrences378–362 Mya — about 165 occurrences362–347 Mya — about 27 occurrences347–331 Mya — about 52 occurrences331–315 Mya — about 127 occurrences315–299 Mya — about 48 occurrences299–284 Mya — about 29 occurrences284–268 Mya — about 40 occurrences268–252 Mya — about 124 occurrences252–236 Mya — about 695 occurrences236–221 Mya — about 290 occurrences221–205 Mya — about 207 occurrences205–189 Mya — about 837 occurrences189–173 Mya — about 685 occurrences173–158 Mya — about 1408 occurrences158–142 Mya — about 974 occurrences142–126 Mya — about 247 occurrences126–110 Mya — about 255 occurrences110–95 Mya — about 647 occurrences95–79 Mya — about 375 occurrences79–63 Mya — about 2382 occurrences63–47 Mya — about 261 occurrences47–32 Mya — about 533 occurrences32–16 Mya — about 288 occurrences16–0 Mya — about 381 occurrences457.2 Mya11.7 ka473 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Ostreida on record. 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

12,000 occurrences read

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. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 1051 formations

Prairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.50°N, 88.94°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 34.24°N, 89.00°WPrairie Bluff — 33.93°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.61°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.15°N, 88.67°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.63°N, 88.22°WPrairie Bluff — 32.57°N, 88.14°WPrairie Bluff — 32.49°N, 88.10°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.31°N, 87.80°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.92°N, 86.17°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EQingyan — 26.92°N, 108.73°ECorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.51°N, 94.67°WCorsicana Marl — 33.34°N, 95.40°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.92°N, 96.12°WCorsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.76°N, 96.28°WCorsicana Marl — 32.59°N, 96.32°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.32°WCorsicana Marl — 32.19°N, 96.30°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 31.81°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.76°N, 96.57°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 31.12°N, 96.82°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.81°N, 97.10°WCorsicana Marl — 30.85°N, 97.08°WCorsicana Marl — 30.69°N, 97.20°WCorsicana Marl — 30.38°N, 97.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.34°N, 97.51°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.62°WCorsicana Marl — 30.15°N, 97.67°WCorsicana Marl — 30.00°N, 97.68°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.80°N, 97.89°WCorsicana Marl — 29.72°N, 97.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.59°N, 98.08°WCorsicana Marl — 29.55°N, 98.13°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.42°N, 98.43°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 29.65°N, 98.38°WCorsicana Marl — 29.39°N, 98.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.37°N, 98.78°WCorsicana Marl — 29.48°N, 98.81°WCorsicana Marl — 29.41°N, 98.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WCorsicana Marl — 29.18°N, 99.02°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.42°N, 98.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.27°N, 97.74°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 99.14°WDhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 24.89°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 23.30°N, 46.25°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 45.17°EDhruma — 23.20°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.62°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 22.53°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 25.33°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 23.80°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 22.50°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 21.12°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 24.75°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.53°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.92°N, 44.00°EDhruma — 24.75°N, 46.08°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 22.17°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°ETataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°EWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 33.68°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.54°WWoodbine — 33.62°N, 96.61°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 31.61°N, 97.19°WWoodbine — 31.70°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.05°N, 97.23°WWoodbine — 32.27°N, 97.18°WWoodbine — 32.55°N, 97.24°WWoodbine — 32.63°N, 97.29°WWoodbine — 32.56°N, 97.14°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 32.74°N, 97.11°WWoodbine — 32.70°N, 97.45°WWoodbine — 33.05°N, 96.99°WWoodbine — 33.30°N, 96.99°WWoodbine — 33.16°N, 96.94°WWoodbine — 33.70°N, 96.82°WWoodbine — 33.51°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.77°N, 96.89°WWoodbine — 33.70°N, 96.58°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.67°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.30°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WWoodbine — 33.79°N, 95.93°WWoodbine — 33.87°N, 95.57°WWoodbine — 33.86°N, 95.25°WKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WEscondido — 29.59°N, 98.07°WEscondido — 29.30°N, 98.84°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 98.90°WEscondido — 29.29°N, 98.97°WEscondido — 29.39°N, 99.02°WEscondido — 29.36°N, 99.06°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 99.16°WEscondido — 29.24°N, 99.23°WEscondido — 29.25°N, 99.28°WEscondido — 29.23°N, 99.47°WEscondido — 29.11°N, 99.81°WEscondido — 29.18°N, 99.66°WEscondido — 29.18°N, 99.79°WEscondido — 29.10°N, 99.86°WEscondido — 29.09°N, 98.87°WEscondido — 29.08°N, 100.00°WEscondido — 29.06°N, 100.06°WEscondido — 29.05°N, 100.14°WEscondido — 29.03°N, 100.29°WEscondido — 28.87°N, 100.16°WEscondido — 28.96°N, 100.22°WEscondido — 28.92°N, 100.26°WEscondido — 28.76°N, 100.26°WEscondido — 28.74°N, 100.29°WEscondido — 28.73°N, 100.48°WEscondido — 28.71°N, 100.71°WEscondido — 28.66°N, 100.44°WEscondido — 28.64°N, 100.44°WEscondido — 28.56°N, 100.33°WEscondido — 28.53°N, 100.32°WEscondido — 28.60°N, 100.25°WEscondido — 28.61°N, 100.14°WEscondido — 28.26°N, 100.27°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 35.72°N, 106.92°WMancos Shale — 36.14°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.12°N, 109.91°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 35.97°N, 110.84°WMancos Shale — 36.16°N, 109.84°WMancos Shale — 35.96°N, 110.89°WMancos Shale — 35.85°N, 109.83°WMancos Shale — 36.08°N, 111.07°WMancos Shale — 35.62°N, 110.29°WMancos Shale — 35.05°N, 110.10°WOpalinuston — 47.43°N, 8.15°EOpalinuston — 47.37°N, 7.78°EOpalinuston — 47.68°N, 8.52°EAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WAlcobaca — 39.55°N, 9.00°WKiowa — 37.32°N, 99.75°WKiowa — 37.28°N, 99.66°WKiowa — 37.22°N, 99.90°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.08°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.02°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.18°WKiowa — 38.41°N, 97.99°WKiowa — 38.59°N, 97.84°WKiowa — 38.53°N, 97.90°WKiowa — 38.43°N, 97.90°WKiowa — 38.63°N, 98.10°WKiowa — 38.60°N, 97.93°WKiowa — 38.73°N, 97.53°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.75°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.86°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WArgiles a Lopha gregarea — 49.30°N, 0.07°WLuning — 38.87°N, 117.60°WLuning — 38.35°N, 117.94°WKossen — 47.78°N, 13.80°EKossen — 47.66°N, 12.45°EKossen — 47.57°N, 11.77°EKossen — 47.75°N, 14.73°EKossen — 47.55°N, 12.17°EKossen — 47.68°N, 13.35°EKossen — 47.67°N, 12.70°EKossen — 47.79°N, 15.17°ENayband — 32.41°N, 57.45°ENayband — 32.51°N, 57.36°ENayband — 32.00°N, 57.00°ENayband — 32.50°N, 57.35°ENayband — 32.38°N, 57.41°ENayband — 32.50°N, 57.20°ENayband — 33.00°N, 56.98°ENayband — 32.18°N, 57.32°ENayband — 32.35°N, 57.45°ETropic Shale — 37.07°N, 111.62°WTropic Shale — 37.29°N, 112.69°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 76.47°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.15°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 76.14°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.89°WSkaneateles — 42.93°N, 75.99°WSkaneateles — 42.90°N, 75.60°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.58°WSkaneateles — 42.88°N, 75.52°WSkaneateles — 43.00°N, 75.41°WSkaneateles — 42.86°N, 75.42°WSkaneateles — 42.79°N, 75.27°WSkaneateles — 42.85°N, 75.18°WSkaneateles — 42.83°N, 75.02°WSkaneateles — 42.87°N, 77.88°WSkaneateles — 42.96°N, 75.88°WPeedee — 34.04°N, 79.80°WPeedee — 33.99°N, 79.52°WPeedee — 33.91°N, 79.45°WPeedee — 33.83°N, 79.25°WPeedee — 34.27°N, 77.95°WPeedee — 35.77°N, 78.64°WCalcaire a gryphees — 48.00°N, 6.00°EMarshalltown — 39.78°N, 75.44°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.65°WMarshalltown — 39.54°N, 75.72°WChemung — 40.55°N, 77.62°WChemung — 42.92°N, 76.46°WChemung — 42.20°N, 76.73°WChemung — 42.17°N, 76.58°WChemung — 42.67°N, 76.92°WChemung — 42.20°N, 75.95°WChemung — 42.10°N, 76.53°WChemung — 41.72°N, 76.71°WChemung — 42.75°N, 79.48°WChemung — 42.00°N, 77.13°WChemung — 41.81°N, 77.78°WChemung — 41.66°N, 76.85°WChemung — 42.27°N, 77.55°WChemung — 41.44°N, 74.36°WChemung — 41.91°N, 77.13°WChemung — 42.90°N, 76.81°WChemung — 40.25°N, 79.41°WChemung — 42.22°N, 76.37°WChemung — 42.33°N, 76.72°WChemung — 39.65°N, 78.76°WChemung — 37.72°N, 79.51°WChemung — 42.16°N, 78.98°WChemung — 42.22°N, 78.33°WChemung — 41.73°N, 80.35°WChemung — 41.88°N, 77.50°WChemung — 37.80°N, 80.30°WChemung — 42.22°N, 79.20°WChemung — 42.28°N, 77.14°WChemung — 42.50°N, 80.33°WChemung — 42.16°N, 77.94°WChemung — 43.32°N, 76.50°WChemung — 42.83°N, 75.82°WChemung — 41.96°N, 76.52°WChemung — 42.67°N, 76.40°WChemung — 42.16°N, 76.31°WChemung — 42.23°N, 75.53°WChemung — 42.25°N, 76.50°WChemung — 43.46°N, 76.51°WChemung — 41.85°N, 79.16°W

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The named rock units Ostreida has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 1,027 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2,755 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

1,840 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 839 sites for Ostreida, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

at least 852 references

Each of the 12,000 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. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 840 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 Ostreida

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3D model

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Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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