Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
Plicatula (Harpax)PBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Plicatula
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Plicatula
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB, for Plicatula
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 8.7 million years on record.

The record covers at least 192.9 Mya to 184.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 199.5 Mya to 174.7 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 89 of 89 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 89 occurrences200–199 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences199–198 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences198–197 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences197–197 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences197–196 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences196–195 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences195–194 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences194–193 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences193–192 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences192–191 Mya — about 1 occurrence191–191 Mya — about 1 occurrence191–190 Mya — about 1 occurrence190–189 Mya — about 1 occurrence189–188 Mya — about 1 occurrence188–187 Mya — about 1 occurrence187–186 Mya — about 1 occurrence186–185 Mya — about 1 occurrence185–185 Mya — about 1 occurrence185–184 Mya — about 32 occurrences184–183 Mya — about 44 occurrences183–182 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences182–181 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences181–180 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences180–179 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences179–179 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences179–178 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences178–177 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences177–176 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences176–175 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences175–174 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences192.9 Mya184.2 Mya200 Mya174.2 Mya

89 occurrences of Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa 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

89 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

8 formations

São Gião — 40.06°N, 8.46°WTurmiel Fm — 40.40°N, 1.50°WOzirovo — 43.03°N, 23.23°EOzirovo — 43.06°N, 23.14°EOzirovo — 43.05°N, 23.03°ETurmiel — 40.40°N, 1.50°WLemede — 40.11°N, 8.77°WSao Giao — 40.11°N, 8.77°WAmaltheenton — 52.06°N, 8.34°EAmaltheus Clay — 52.07°N, 10.85°E

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The named rock units Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 50 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa and its relatives

Early Jurassic

Where Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa and its relatives were recorded in the Early Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

179 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 89 sites for Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa, 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

8 references

Each of the 89 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. 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

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Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Plicatula (Harpax) spinosa was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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