Pteromeris perplana

Pteromeris perplana, or the flat cardita, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Carditidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Florida.

Pteromeris perplana

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PteromerisPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Carditidae
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Carditidae
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Carditidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Crassatelloidea

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 0 of 29 occurrencesMiocene — about 1 of 29 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 12 of 29 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 16 of 29 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.9–3.1 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 7 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 5 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 4 occurrences15.98 Mya129 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

29 occurrences of Pteromeris perplana on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

29 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

11 formations

Waccamaw — 34.23°N, 77.94°WWaccamaw — 34.56°N, 78.49°WWaccamaw — 34.29°N, 78.51°WWaccamaw — 34.33°N, 78.20°WWaccamaw — 33.97°N, 78.39°WWaccamaw — 34.17°N, 78.60°WDuplin — 35.00°N, 78.32°WDuplin — 34.90°N, 78.05°WDuplin — 34.62°N, 79.01°WYorktown — 35.51°N, 77.62°WYorktown — 34.90°N, 78.05°WChowan RIver — 35.28°N, 76.65°WJames City — 35.28°N, 76.65°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCanepatch — 33.83°N, 78.89°WBermont — 27.72°N, 82.43°WTamiami — 26.37°N, 80.85°WHorry Clay — 33.69°N, 78.89°WHawthorn — 32.90°N, 81.24°W

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The named rock units Pteromeris perplana has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pteromeris perplana and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Pteromeris perplana and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

736 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 20 sites for Pteromeris perplana, 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

9 references

Each of the 29 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

Media content2

Picture of Pteromeris perplana

Source
iDigBio
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CT scan

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Specimen
Pteromeris perplana Conrad · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:208337

The description on this site

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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. (Dall 1903)