Plagioptychus

Plagioptychus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PlagioptychidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Hippuritida
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunal, gregariousPBDB, for Hippuritida
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Hippuritida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Hippuritida

Time the record covers

At least 33 million years on record.

The record covers at least 93.9 Mya to 60.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 100.5 Mya to 57.5 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 0 of 226 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 123 of 226 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 103 of 226 occurrencesPaleocene101–100 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences100–98 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences98–97 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences97–95 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences95–94 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences94–92 Mya — about 3 occurrences92–91 Mya — about 3 occurrences91–89 Mya — about 4 occurrences89–88 Mya — about 5 occurrences88–86 Mya — about 5 occurrences86–85 Mya — about 14 occurrences85–83 Mya — about 22 occurrences83–82 Mya — about 4 occurrences82–80 Mya — about 4 occurrences80–79 Mya — about 4 occurrences79–78 Mya — about 4 occurrences78–76 Mya — about 4 occurrences76–75 Mya — about 4 occurrences75–73 Mya — about 4 occurrences73–72 Mya — about 6 occurrences72–70 Mya — about 9 occurrences70–69 Mya — about 9 occurrences69–67 Mya — about 9 occurrences67–66 Mya — about 16 occurrences66–64 Mya — about 34 occurrences64–63 Mya — about 28 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 22 occurrences61–60 Mya — about 5 occurrences60–58 Mya — about 3 occurrences58–57 Mya — about 1 occurrence93.9 Mya60.9 Mya101.4 Mya56.6 Mya

226 occurrences of Plagioptychus on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. 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

226 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

27 formations

Denver — 38.80°N, 104.80°WDenver — 38.87°N, 104.63°WDenver — 38.91°N, 104.53°WNacimiento — 36.30°N, 108.20°WNacimiento — 36.31°N, 108.00°WNacimiento — 36.57°N, 107.97°WNacimiento — 35.70°N, 107.00°WNacimiento — 36.18°N, 107.58°WNacimiento — 36.27°N, 107.76°WGuinea Corn — 18.15°N, 77.40°WGuinea Corn — 18.16°N, 77.38°WNorth Horn — 39.10°N, 111.80°WNorth Horn — 39.00°N, 111.00°WNorth Horn — 39.18°N, 111.27°WBlack Peaks — 29.20°N, 103.20°WBlack Peaks — 29.42°N, 103.10°WBlack Peaks — 29.46°N, 103.15°WBlack Peaks — 29.40°N, 103.20°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.86°WSant Corneli — 42.17°N, 0.90°ESant Corneli — 42.20°N, 1.07°ESant Corneli — 42.03°N, 0.83°EHanna — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFort Union — 47.10°N, 104.80°WFort Union — 41.30°N, 107.74°WFort Union — 41.70°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 43.45°N, 109.16°WStreiteck — 47.50°N, 11.88°EAngostura — 16.73°N, 93.10°WVallcarga — 42.03°N, 0.83°EOcozocoautla — 16.75°N, 93.35°WOcozocoautla — 16.78°N, 93.38°WCollades de Basturs — 42.17°N, 0.90°EUgod — 46.98°N, 17.28°ETemazcal Limestone — 22.34°N, 100.51°WTemazcal Limestone — 22.40°N, 100.52°WMount Peace — 18.38°N, 78.13°WCongost — 42.23°N, 0.93°EMontagut — 42.17°N, 0.90°EBalco del Cucut — 42.17°N, 0.90°ELa Cadiere d'Azur — 43.20°N, 5.77°EHabana — 22.00°N, 79.50°WCesarea Limestone — 40.05°N, 18.41°EPiragua — 21.48°N, 77.83°W

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The named rock units Plagioptychus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 79 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Plagioptychus and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Plagioptychus and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

682 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 151 sites for Plagioptychus, 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

70 references

Each of the 226 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. 58 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 Plagioptychus

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

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. Matheron 1842