Serripecten enfieldensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SerripectenPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pectinidae
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Pectinidae
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Pectinidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Pectinidae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 18 million years on record.

The record covers at least 36.7 Mya to 18.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 39.1 Mya to 15.9 Mya.

Eocene — about 4 of 5 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 5 occurrencesMiocene — about 1 of 5 occurrencesMiocene40–39 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences36–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–35 Mya — about 1 occurrence35–34 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences36.7 Mya18.7 Mya39.6 Mya15.4 Mya

5 occurrences of Serripecten enfieldensis 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

5 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

3 formations

Totara Limestone — 45.16°S, 170.88°ETotara Limestone — 45.13°S, 170.89°EWaikareka Volcanic — 44.64°S, 171.01°ERifle Butts — 45.12°S, 170.93°E

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The named rock units Serripecten enfieldensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Serripecten enfieldensis and its relatives

Eocene

Where Serripecten enfieldensis and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Serripecten enfieldensis, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

1 reference

Each of the 5 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No picture of Serripecten enfieldensis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Serripecten enfieldensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Serripecten enfieldensis was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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 itSerripecten through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Marwick 1926)