Pinnidae

The Pinnidae are a taxonomic family of large saltwater clams sometimes known as pen shells. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pteriida.

Pinnidae

John Hill · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PinnoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At least 342 million years on record.

The record covers at least 342.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 0 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 1734 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 126 of 1734 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 88 of 1734 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 4 of 1734 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 14 of 1734 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 94 of 1734 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 317 of 1734 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 148 of 1734 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 182 of 1734 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 134 of 1734 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 218 of 1734 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 45 of 1734 occurrencesEocene — about 118 of 1734 occurrencesOligocene — about 25 of 1734 occurrencesMiocene — about 146 of 1734 occurrencesPliocene — about 33 of 1734 occurrencesPleistocene — about 39 of 1734 occurrences366–354 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences354–342 Mya — about 6 occurrences342–329 Mya — about 20 occurrences329–317 Mya — about 12 occurrences317–305 Mya — about 20 occurrences305–293 Mya — about 78 occurrences293–281 Mya — about 23 occurrences281–268 Mya — about 26 occurrences268–256 Mya — about 18 occurrences256–244 Mya — about 17 occurrences244–232 Mya — about 24 occurrences232–220 Mya — about 16 occurrences220–207 Mya — about 26 occurrences207–195 Mya — about 97 occurrences195–183 Mya — about 221 occurrences183–171 Mya — about 50 occurrences171–159 Mya — about 149 occurrences159–146 Mya — about 128 occurrences146–134 Mya — about 83 occurrences134–122 Mya — about 41 occurrences122–110 Mya — about 33 occurrences110–98 Mya — about 26 occurrences98–85 Mya — about 60 occurrences85–73 Mya — about 34 occurrences73–61 Mya — about 143 occurrences61–49 Mya — about 35 occurrences49–37 Mya — about 85 occurrences37–24 Mya — about 39 occurrences24–12 Mya — about 104 occurrences12–0 Mya — about 119 occurrences342.9 Mya11.7 ka366 Mya0 Mya

1,734 occurrences of Pinnidae on record, most of them in the Early Jurassic. 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

1,734 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

488 formations

Kap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WTurmiel Fm — 40.40°N, 1.50°WNayband — 32.40°N, 57.45°ENayband — 32.50°N, 57.35°ENayband — 33.00°N, 57.00°ENayband — 32.35°N, 57.45°EChari — 23.30°N, 69.97°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EGraham — 33.00°N, 98.67°WGraham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 33.24°N, 98.12°WGraham — 32.52°N, 98.95°WGraham — 32.60°N, 98.71°WNeuburg — 48.73°N, 11.18°EPuchenque — 35.10°S, 70.12°WPuchenque — 35.43°S, 69.92°WPuchenque — 35.48°S, 69.92°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.41°N, 111.04°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 111.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.10°N, 110.84°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.98°N, 110.85°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.86°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.83°N, 110.87°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.51°N, 111.30°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.67°N, 111.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.48°N, 111.48°WTwin Creek Limestone — 39.97°N, 111.52°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.38°N, 111.21°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.51°N, 110.51°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 110.50°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.42°N, 110.78°WDhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°ECook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 30.53°N, 96.69°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 31.82°N, 88.09°WCook Mountain — 31.09°N, 95.95°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 30.64°N, 96.52°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.89°N, 88.96°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 86.78°WPrairie Bluff — 31.95°N, 86.70°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.99°N, 85.92°WCalcaire a gryphees — 48.00°N, 6.00°EBudden Canyon — 40.47°N, 122.62°WBudden Canyon — 40.41°N, 122.68°WLoray — 39.65°N, 115.32°WLoray — 39.21°N, 114.98°WLoray — 39.48°N, 115.13°WLoray — 39.01°N, 114.88°WLoray — 41.36°N, 114.05°WLadd — 33.73°N, 117.62°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.68°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.64°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.68°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.47°N, 93.57°WBlue Lias — 50.00°N, 2.00°WBlue Lias — 51.00°N, 3.00°WCotinguiba — 10.81°S, 37.17°WCotinguiba — 10.88°S, 37.17°WCotinguiba — 10.84°S, 37.12°WCotinguiba — 10.86°S, 37.15°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.84°WVaqueros — 34.42°N, 119.27°WVaqueros — 34.44°N, 119.20°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 34.93°N, 119.05°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.82°N, 121.06°WForaker Limestome — 39.39°N, 96.41°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WForaker Limestome — 39.49°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestome — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WAtherfield Clay — 50.60°N, 1.32°WAtherfield Clay — 50.61°N, 1.36°WRoca — 37.67°S, 67.50°WRoca — 35.85°S, 69.80°WRoca — 34.60°S, 69.72°WRoca — 35.90°S, 69.53°WRoca — 35.52°S, 69.72°WRoca — 37.62°S, 67.71°WRoca — 36.83°S, 69.26°WRoca — 35.83°S, 69.67°WRoca — 34.77°S, 69.55°WLopez de Bertodano — 64.25°S, 56.75°WLopez de Bertodano — 64.17°S, 57.75°WSobral — 64.25°S, 56.75°WSobral — 64.25°S, 56.70°W

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The named rock units Pinnidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 464 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 492 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pinnidae and its relatives

Early Jurassic

Where Pinnidae and its relatives were recorded in the Early Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

2,088 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,421 sites for Pinnidae, 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

532 references

Each of the 1,734 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. 520 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 Pinnidae

Credit
John Hill
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Credit
AVZ
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itPinnoidea through timeFormations of the Early JurassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Leach 1819