Spondylus rotundatus

Spondylus rotundatus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SpondylusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spondylus
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Spondylus
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Spondylus
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Spondylidae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 780 thousand years on record.

The record covers at least 2.58 Mya to 1.8 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 11.63 Mya to 774 ka.

Miocene — about 7 of 14 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 14 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 4 of 14 occurrencesPleistocene12–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences10–9.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences9.8–9.4 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences9.4–9.0 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences9.0–8.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences8.6–8.2 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences8.2–7.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences7.8–7.4 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences7.4–7.0 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences7.0–6.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.6–6.2 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences6.2–5.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.8–5.4 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.4–5.0 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.0–4.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.6–4.2 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences4.2–3.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences3.8–3.4 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences3.4–3.0 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences3.0–2.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences2.6–2.3 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences2.3–1.9 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences1.9–1.5 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences1.5–1.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.1–669 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences2.58 Mya – 1.8 Mya12.1 Mya274 ka

14 occurrences of Spondylus rotundatus on record. 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

14 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

4 formations

Seroe Domi — 12.14°N, 68.99°WSeroe Domi — 12.11°N, 68.93°WSeroe Domi — 12.15°N, 68.99°WSeroe Domi — 12.27°N, 69.13°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.44°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WSeroe Domi — 12.48°N, 69.96°WBermont — 26.89°N, 82.01°W

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

Found in the same rock

553 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 14 sites for Spondylus rotundatus, 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

3 references

Each of the 14 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

Media content2

Picture of Spondylus rotundatus

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

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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. Heilprin 1887