Ostreoidea

Ostreoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of bivalve marine mollusc, sometimes simply identified as oysters, containing two families. The ostreoids are characterized in part by the presence of a well developed axial rod. Anal flaps are known to exist within the family Ostreidae but not within the more-primitive Gryphaeidae. The scar from the adductor muscle is simple, with a single, central scar. In the majority, the right valve is less convex than the left.

Ostreoidea

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OstreidaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Ostreida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Ostreida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Ostreida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At least 274 million years on record.

The record covers at least 274.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 283.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 20 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 2 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 50 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 233 of 12000 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 890 of 12000 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 1252 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 1208 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 925 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 3576 of 12000 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 504 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 1068 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 310 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 1080 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 456 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 398 of 12000 occurrences289–279 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences279–270 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences270–260 Mya — about 2 occurrences260–250 Mya — about 17 occurrences250–241 Mya — about 47 occurrences241–231 Mya — about 52 occurrences231–222 Mya — about 48 occurrences222–212 Mya — about 37 occurrences212–202 Mya — about 88 occurrences202–193 Mya — about 366 occurrences193–183 Mya — about 466 occurrences183–173 Mya — about 75 occurrences173–164 Mya — about 837 occurrences164–154 Mya — about 1209 occurrences154–144 Mya — about 387 occurrences144–135 Mya — about 141 occurrences135–125 Mya — about 170 occurrences125–116 Mya — about 193 occurrences116–106 Mya — about 221 occurrences106–96 Mya — about 709 occurrences96–87 Mya — about 561 occurrences87–77 Mya — about 389 occurrences77–67 Mya — about 1687 occurrences67–58 Mya — about 868 occurrences58–48 Mya — about 365 occurrences48–39 Mya — about 484 occurrences39–29 Mya — about 470 occurrences29–19 Mya — about 360 occurrences19–9.6 Mya — about 647 occurrences9.6–0 Mya — about 1100 occurrences274.4 Mya11.7 ka289 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Ostreoidea 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 1180 formations

Prairie 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°WCorsicana 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 — 31.40°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 — 30.20°N, 97.62°WCorsicana Marl — 30.15°N, 97.67°WCorsicana Marl — 30.00°N, 97.68°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°EChari — 23.30°N, 69.97°EChari — 23.67°N, 69.00°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EEscondido — 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 — 29.24°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 — 36.16°N, 109.84°WMancos Shale — 35.96°N, 110.89°WMancos Shale — 35.85°N, 109.83°WMancos Shale — 35.62°N, 110.29°WMancos Shale — 35.05°N, 110.10°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WMancos Shale — 34.74°N, 108.84°WMancos Shale — 34.77°N, 108.78°WMancos Shale — 38.77°N, 111.39°WMancos Shale — 35.78°N, 106.94°WMancos Shale — 34.44°N, 107.47°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°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 — 31.95°N, 97.32°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 — 33.77°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°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°EKiowa — 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°WJagüel — 36.55°S, 68.15°WJagüel — 38.13°S, 68.41°WJagüel — 35.83°S, 69.67°WJagüel — 36.20°S, 69.50°WJagüel — 36.75°S, 68.72°WTwin Creek Limestone — 44.00°N, 108.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.14°N, 111.22°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.63°N, 111.28°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.41°N, 111.79°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.42°N, 111.44°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.23°N, 111.27°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.87°N, 111.17°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.65°N, 111.07°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.45°N, 111.26°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.36°N, 111.17°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.34°N, 111.16°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.84°N, 110.98°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.61°N, 110.89°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.40°N, 111.04°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 111.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.32°N, 110.70°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.17°N, 110.83°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.10°N, 110.84°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.94°N, 110.86°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.92°N, 111.25°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.51°N, 111.33°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.45°N, 111.37°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.67°N, 111.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.48°N, 111.48°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.51°N, 111.38°WTwin Creek Limestone — 39.97°N, 111.52°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.22°N, 112.10°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.15°N, 112.09°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.99°N, 111.19°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.38°N, 111.21°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.84°N, 111.15°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.51°N, 110.51°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.20°N, 110.61°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.92°N, 111.25°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.42°N, 110.80°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.34°N, 110.50°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.70°N, 111.29°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.27°N, 111.30°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.18°N, 111.11°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.34°N, 110.59°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.25°N, 110.78°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.22°N, 110.65°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.14°N, 110.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.98°N, 110.57°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.44°N, 110.57°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.54°N, 111.16°WGalala — 29.67°N, 34.50°EGalala — 30.38°N, 33.52°EGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°EGalala — 29.63°N, 34.40°EArgiles a Lopha gregarea — 49.30°N, 0.07°WCastilletes — 11.92°N, 71.34°WCastilletes — 11.96°N, 71.28°WCastilletes — 11.88°N, 71.37°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°WPeedee — 34.42°N, 77.86°WPeedee — 34.40°N, 78.27°WCarmel — 37.70°N, 113.05°WCarmel — 37.70°N, 113.05°WCarmel — 37.76°N, 112.97°WCarmel — 37.59°N, 113.07°WCarmel — 37.54°N, 113.12°WCarmel — 37.48°N, 113.17°WCarmel — 37.26°N, 112.85°WCarmel — 37.35°N, 113.33°WCarmel — 37.21°N, 113.30°WCarmel — 37.27°N, 113.41°WCarmel — 37.46°N, 113.71°WCarmel — 37.26°N, 113.78°WCarmel — 39.19°N, 110.67°WCarmel — 39.12°N, 110.75°WCarmel — 39.09°N, 110.70°WCarmel — 39.12°N, 110.86°WCarmel — 38.98°N, 110.88°WCarmel — 38.85°N, 110.90°WCarmel — 39.04°N, 110.40°WCarmel — 38.93°N, 110.42°WCarmel — 38.76°N, 110.47°WCarmel — 38.72°N, 110.54°WCarmel — 38.70°N, 110.56°WCarmel — 38.59°N, 110.78°WCarmel — 38.33°N, 111.52°WCarmel — 38.22°N, 111.15°WCarmel — 38.34°N, 110.53°WCarmel — 38.09°N, 111.39°WCarmel — 38.10°N, 111.92°WCarmel — 37.92°N, 111.66°WCarmel — 37.49°N, 112.09°WCarmel — 37.28°N, 112.51°WCarmel — 37.31°N, 112.59°WCarmel — 37.24°N, 112.67°WCarmel — 37.24°N, 112.79°WCarmel — 37.38°N, 112.85°WMarshalltown — 39.78°N, 75.44°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.65°WMarshalltown — 39.54°N, 75.72°WMarshalltown — 39.81°N, 75.16°WAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WAlcobaca — 39.55°N, 9.00°WCotinguiba — 10.76°S, 37.07°WCotinguiba — 10.61°S, 36.95°WCotinguiba — 10.63°S, 36.93°WCotinguiba — 10.74°S, 37.07°WCotinguiba — 11.29°S, 37.38°WCotinguiba — 10.80°S, 37.16°WCotinguiba — 10.86°S, 37.15°WClayton — 31.88°N, 85.45°WClayton — 31.83°N, 86.62°WClayton — 31.90°N, 86.88°WClayton — 30.71°N, 84.86°WClayton — 31.90°N, 87.07°WClayton — 32.08°N, 87.33°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.29°WClayton — 31.89°N, 84.80°WClayton — 31.14°N, 87.94°WClayton — 32.21°N, 87.48°WClayton — 31.71°N, 85.61°WClayton — 31.93°N, 86.68°WClayton — 31.95°N, 86.71°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.07°WClayton — 31.98°N, 87.22°WClayton — 31.98°N, 86.97°WClayton — 37.18°N, 89.07°WClayton — 32.05°N, 86.78°WClayton — 32.08°N, 87.40°WClayton — 34.73°N, 88.95°WClayton — 35.23°N, 88.83°WClayton — 35.06°N, 88.89°WClayton — 34.75°N, 92.29°WRoca — 37.67°S, 67.50°WRoca — 39.00°S, 67.53°WRoca — 36.90°S, 67.92°WRoca — 35.47°S, 69.60°WRoca — 35.70°S, 69.67°WRoca — 37.55°S, 69.70°WRoca — 37.56°S, 69.85°WRoca — 37.54°S, 69.87°WRoca — 37.55°S, 69.83°WRoca — 35.85°S, 69.80°WRoca — 36.20°S, 69.50°WLuning — 38.87°N, 117.60°WLuning — 38.35°N, 117.94°WLuning — 38.40°N, 118.01°WLuning — 38.56°N, 117.87°WLuning — 38.43°N, 118.12°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.85°WChiwapa — 34.60°N, 88.95°WChiwapa — 34.46°N, 88.90°WChiwapa — 34.38°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.36°N, 88.93°WChiwapa — 34.21°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.04°N, 88.93°WChiwapa — 34.25°N, 88.96°W

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The named rock units Ostreoidea 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. 1,156 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2,848 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

1,274 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 833 sites for Ostreoidea, 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 1,267 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. 1,255 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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