Plicatula filamentosa

Plicatula filamentosa

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PlicatulaPBDB
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 7 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 41.03 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 33.9 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 60 occurrencesEocene — about 60 of 60 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 60 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences53–53 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences50–50 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 1 occurrence47–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–45 Mya — about 1 occurrence45–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–41 Mya — about 1 occurrence41–40 Mya — about 10 occurrences40–40 Mya — about 11 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 11 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 11 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 4 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences36–36 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences48.07 Mya41.03 Mya56.5 Mya33.4 Mya

60 occurrences of Plicatula filamentosa on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

60 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

9 formations

Cook Mountain — 31.75°N, 92.97°WCook Mountain — 30.29°N, 96.93°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.15°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 30.67°N, 96.37°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 93.57°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 93.65°WCook Mountain — 31.93°N, 92.64°WCook Mountain — 32.00°N, 89.00°WCook Mountain — 31.09°N, 95.95°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 31.36°N, 95.42°WCook Mountain — 30.64°N, 96.52°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WSantee Limestone — 33.45°N, 80.16°WSantee Limestone — 33.33°N, 80.15°WSantee Limestone — 33.41°N, 80.10°WSantee Limestone — 33.33°N, 79.69°WSantee Limestone — 33.35°N, 80.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.83°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WCastle Hayne — 34.64°N, 77.65°WCastle Hayne — 34.37°N, 77.86°WCastle Hayne — 34.75°N, 77.43°WCastle Hayne — 34.23°N, 77.94°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°WPiney Point — 37.66°N, 77.15°WYegua — 30.24°N, 96.98°WWautubbee — 32.34°N, 89.14°W

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The named rock units Plicatula filamentosa has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Plicatula filamentosa and its relatives

Eocene

Where Plicatula filamentosa and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

875 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 45 sites for Plicatula filamentosa, 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

18 references

Each of the 60 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. 6 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 content1

Picture of Plicatula filamentosa

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

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. (Conrad 1833)