Pleuromya

Pleuromya

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PleuromyidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Bivalvia
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Bivalvia
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Bivalvia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 191 million years on record.

The record covers at least 251.1 Mya to 59.24 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 251.902 Mya to 56 Mya.

Permian — about 0 of 1204 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 11 of 1204 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 55 of 1204 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 61 of 1204 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 391 of 1204 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 286 of 1204 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 317 of 1204 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 71 of 1204 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 10 of 1204 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 1 of 1204 occurrencesEocene — about 0 of 1204 occurrences256–249 Mya — about 6 occurrences249–242 Mya — about 35 occurrences242–235 Mya — about 27 occurrences235–229 Mya — about 6 occurrences229–222 Mya — about 10 occurrences222–215 Mya — about 11 occurrences215–208 Mya — about 12 occurrences208–201 Mya — about 20 occurrences201–195 Mya — about 76 occurrences195–188 Mya — about 112 occurrences188–181 Mya — about 168 occurrences181–174 Mya — about 39 occurrences174–168 Mya — about 132 occurrences168–161 Mya — about 163 occurrences161–154 Mya — about 142 occurrences154–147 Mya — about 70 occurrences147–140 Mya — about 99 occurrences140–134 Mya — about 24 occurrences134–127 Mya — about 12 occurrences127–120 Mya — about 7 occurrences120–113 Mya — about 10 occurrences113–106 Mya — about 7 occurrences106–100 Mya — about 6 occurrences100–93 Mya — about 5 occurrences93–86 Mya — about 2 occurrences86–79 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences79–72 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences72–66 Mya — about 1 occurrence66–59 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences59–52 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences251.1 Mya59.24 Mya256 Mya52 Mya

1,204 occurrences of Pleuromya on record, most of them in the Early Jurassic. 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

1,204 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

199 formations

Kap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WTwin Creek Limestone — 44.00°N, 108.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.41°N, 111.79°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.86°N, 111.18°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.40°N, 111.04°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 111.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 110.71°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.17°N, 110.83°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.10°N, 110.84°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.00°N, 110.85°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.98°N, 110.85°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.94°N, 110.86°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.83°N, 110.87°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.92°N, 111.25°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.51°N, 111.33°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.07°N, 111.55°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.76°N, 111.21°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.67°N, 111.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 39.97°N, 111.52°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.83°N, 110.95°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.09°N, 110.46°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 — 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 — 40.74°N, 111.35°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.42°N, 110.80°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.43°N, 110.72°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.52°N, 110.43°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.66°N, 111.33°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°ETurmiel Fm — 40.40°N, 1.50°WBarahona Limestone — 41.93°N, 3.15°WBarahona Limestone — 40.67°N, 1.20°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WDhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 23.80°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°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°ELautaro — 29.11°S, 70.44°WLautaro — 29.01°S, 70.20°WLautaro — 29.21°S, 70.28°WLautaro — 29.36°S, 70.40°WLautaro — 29.36°S, 70.19°WLautaro — 29.47°S, 70.16°WLautaro — 29.43°S, 70.13°WCalcaire a oolithes ferrugineuses — 49.30°N, 0.07°WWhitby Mudstone — 54.45°N, 0.57°WSawtooth — 47.63°N, 112.71°WSawtooth — 47.78°N, 112.69°WSawtooth — 47.72°N, 112.72°WSawtooth — 47.52°N, 112.70°WSawtooth — 46.72°N, 113.30°WSawtooth — 47.61°N, 112.79°WAlmonacid de la Cuba — 41.29°N, 0.79°WPeschanka — 43.25°N, 131.72°EPeschanka — 43.45°N, 131.77°EPeschanka — 43.55°N, 131.98°EPeschanka — 43.80°N, 132.17°EPeschanka — 43.67°N, 132.05°EKossen — 47.78°N, 13.80°EKossen — 47.66°N, 12.45°EKossen — 47.75°N, 14.73°EKossen — 47.55°N, 12.17°EKossen — 47.58°N, 12.57°EOsmington Oolite — 50.80°N, 2.28°WOsmington Oolite — 50.60°N, 2.45°WOsmington Oolite — 51.75°N, 1.25°WOsmington Oolite — 50.63°N, 2.37°WArgiles a Lopha gregarea — 49.30°N, 0.07°WCoralline Oolite — 54.23°N, 0.43°WCoralline Oolite — 53.98°N, 1.53°WCoralline Oolite — 54.21°N, 0.29°WTurmiel — 40.43°N, 1.42°WTurmiel — 40.40°N, 1.50°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ECalcaire a gryphees — 48.00°N, 6.00°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.63°N, 4.92°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.60°N, 4.96°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.72°N, 4.50°ENothe Grits — 50.63°N, 2.37°WNothe Grits — 50.80°N, 2.28°WAmaltheenton — 49.79°N, 11.04°EAmaltheenton — 52.25°N, 7.85°EAmaltheenton — 52.08°N, 8.24°EAmaltheenton — 52.06°N, 8.33°EAmaltheenton — 52.15°N, 7.51°EWerfen — 46.30°N, 11.80°EWerfen — 46.40°N, 11.80°EWerfen — 46.37°N, 11.59°EWerfen — 46.49°N, 11.75°E

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The named rock units Pleuromya has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 175 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 325 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pleuromya and its relatives

Early Jurassic

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

Found in the same rock

651 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 940 sites for Pleuromya, 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

218 references

Each of the 1,204 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. 206 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 Pleuromya

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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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.

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

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

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Meek 1873)