Venericardia

Venericardia is a widely distributed genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Carditidae.

Venericardia

H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 184 million years on record.

The record covers at least 184.2 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 192.9 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Early Jurassic — about 25 of 1656 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 1656 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 1656 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 10 of 1656 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 70 of 1656 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 399 of 1656 occurrencesEocene — about 931 of 1656 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 89 of 1656 occurrencesMiocene — about 89 of 1656 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 17 of 1656 occurrencesPleistocene — about 26 of 1656 occurrences197–190 Mya — about 8 occurrences190–184 Mya — about 17 occurrences138–131 Mya — about 1 occurrence131–125 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences125–118 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences118–111 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences111–105 Mya — about 3 occurrences105–98 Mya — about 6 occurrences98–92 Mya — about 3 occurrences92–85 Mya — about 5 occurrences85–79 Mya — about 4 occurrences79–72 Mya — about 6 occurrences72–66 Mya — about 71 occurrences66–59 Mya — about 266 occurrences59–52 Mya — about 242 occurrences52–46 Mya — about 235 occurrences46–39 Mya — about 314 occurrences39–33 Mya — about 263 occurrences33–26 Mya — about 63 occurrences26–20 Mya — about 39 occurrences20–13 Mya — about 42 occurrences13–6.6 Mya — about 20 occurrences6.6–0 Mya — about 46 occurrences184.2 Mya129 ka197 Mya0 Mya

1,656 occurrences of Venericardia on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

1,656 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

257 formations

Moodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.54°N, 87.52°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 35.01°N, 90.79°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 93.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.11°N, 92.08°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.58°N, 86.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.08°N, 88.22°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.97°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.45°N, 85.63°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.40°N, 85.13°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 88.05°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.25°N, 88.43°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 87.75°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.97°N, 87.86°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.94°N, 84.70°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 29.88°N, 97.67°WKincaid — 30.08°N, 97.50°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 31.17°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 29.33°N, 98.98°WKincaid — 31.52°N, 96.53°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 32.98°N, 95.93°WKincaid — 32.43°N, 96.22°WKincaid — 29.75°N, 97.77°WKincaid — 29.38°N, 99.02°WKincaid — 33.13°N, 96.10°WKincaid — 32.57°N, 96.17°WKincaid — 32.58°N, 96.30°WKincaid — 28.71°N, 100.50°WKincaid — 28.74°N, 100.35°WKincaid — 29.39°N, 99.06°WKincaid — 31.41°N, 96.57°WKincaid — 31.31°N, 96.63°WKincaid — 29.75°N, 97.87°WKincaid — 29.57°N, 97.96°WKincaid — 29.16°N, 99.57°WKincaid — 29.21°N, 99.79°WKincaid — 29.35°N, 99.14°WKincaid — 31.05°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 31.55°N, 96.63°WKincaid — 30.35°N, 97.35°WKincaid — 30.78°N, 96.46°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.87°N, 88.32°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.70°N, 88.28°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 30.53°N, 96.69°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 31.54°N, 87.52°WCook Mountain — 32.00°N, 89.00°WCook Mountain — 31.76°N, 93.09°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.16°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 95.51°WCook Mountain — 31.32°N, 95.46°WCook Mountain — 31.12°N, 95.90°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.72°WCook Mountain — 29.95°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WCook Mountain — 31.36°N, 95.42°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WNanjemoy — 37.52°N, 76.79°WNanjemoy — 37.67°N, 77.19°WNanjemoy — 37.64°N, 77.20°WNanjemoy — 37.93°N, 77.35°WNanjemoy — 38.15°N, 77.18°WNanjemoy — 38.23°N, 77.30°WNanjemoy — 38.34°N, 77.19°WNanjemoy — 37.77°N, 77.33°WNanjemoy — 38.06°N, 77.38°WNanjemoy — 38.23°N, 77.39°WNanjemoy — 38.03°N, 76.84°WNanjemoy — 38.19°N, 77.23°WNanjemoy — 38.03°N, 77.35°WNanjemoy — 38.34°N, 77.28°WNanjemoy — 38.51°N, 77.02°WNanjemoy — 38.70°N, 76.97°WNanjemoy — 38.40°N, 76.99°WNanjemoy — 38.52°N, 77.10°WNanjemoy — 38.82°N, 76.75°WJagüel — 38.13°S, 68.41°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 88.04°WGosport Sand — 31.73°N, 87.89°WTuscahoma — 31.70°N, 84.85°WTuscahoma — 31.82°N, 87.37°WTuscahoma — 31.83°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 32.08°N, 88.22°WTuscahoma — 31.33°N, 85.58°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.95°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 32.06°N, 88.11°WTuscahoma — 31.54°N, 87.52°WClayton — 31.83°N, 86.62°WClayton — 31.90°N, 86.88°WClayton — 30.71°N, 84.86°WClayton — 31.90°N, 87.07°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.29°WClayton — 32.12°N, 87.26°WClayton — 31.89°N, 84.80°WClayton — 31.72°N, 86.26°WClayton — 31.99°N, 87.13°WClayton — 31.98°N, 86.97°WClayton — 37.18°N, 89.07°WClayton — 32.05°N, 86.78°WClayton — 34.73°N, 88.95°WClayton — 34.49°N, 89.01°WClayton — 32.24°N, 84.31°WClayton — 35.06°N, 88.89°WTallahatta — 31.53°N, 86.70°WTallahatta — 32.08°N, 88.22°WTallahatta — 31.92°N, 87.97°WTallahatta — 31.37°N, 86.52°WTallahatta — 31.30°N, 86.48°WTallahatta — 31.30°N, 86.55°WLefipán — 42.67°S, 69.98°WLefipán — 42.83°S, 69.70°WLefipán — 42.74°S, 69.61°WWeches — 30.50°N, 96.63°WWeches — 31.57°N, 93.48°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 30.23°N, 97.52°WWeches — 31.56°N, 94.50°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.21°N, 96.02°WWeches — 31.11°N, 96.28°WWeches — 31.34°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.35°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.00°N, 96.83°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WWeches — 30.01°N, 97.16°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.06°WTejon — 34.94°N, 118.82°WTejon — 34.99°N, 118.83°WTejon — 34.92°N, 118.93°WTejon — 34.96°N, 118.87°WTejon — 34.91°N, 118.99°WTejon — 34.93°N, 119.23°WTejon — 34.91°N, 119.09°WTejon — 34.92°N, 119.30°WTejon — 46.41°N, 122.98°WPirabas — 0.80°S, 47.13°WPirabas — 1.00°S, 48.00°WPirabas — 1.23°S, 47.40°WPirabas — 0.74°S, 47.32°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WPirabas — 2.58°S, 43.38°WPirabas — 1.66°S, 45.37°WWaita — 33.83°N, 130.50°EPendleton Ferry — 31.40°N, 93.71°WPendleton Ferry — 31.82°N, 93.51°WPendleton Ferry — 31.47°N, 93.57°WPendleton Ferry — 31.35°N, 93.57°WPendleton Ferry — 31.61°N, 93.40°WPendleton Ferry — 31.57°N, 93.48°WPendleton Ferry — 31.74°N, 93.40°WPendleton Ferry — 31.69°N, 93.30°WPendleton Ferry — 31.76°N, 93.09°WPendleton Ferry — 31.72°N, 93.22°WToukoshan — 24.47°N, 120.72°EMarthaville — 31.72°N, 93.22°WMarthaville — 31.74°N, 93.40°WMarthaville — 31.76°N, 93.09°WMarthaville — 31.57°N, 93.48°WMarthaville — 31.63°N, 93.64°WMarthaville — 31.72°N, 93.51°WMarthaville — 31.61°N, 93.40°WMarthaville — 31.43°N, 93.85°WLlajas — 34.31°N, 118.67°WLlajas — 34.31°N, 118.64°WLlajas — 34.23°N, 118.77°WNanafalia — 31.82°N, 86.62°WNanafalia — 32.25°N, 87.77°WNanafalia — 31.65°N, 86.70°WNanafalia — 31.87°N, 87.20°WNanafalia — 31.58°N, 85.77°WPorters Creek — 31.90°N, 86.88°WPorters Creek — 31.98°N, 87.28°WPorters Creek — 32.23°N, 88.00°WPorters Creek — 32.02°N, 87.43°WPorters Creek — 31.98°N, 86.97°WPorters Creek — 35.06°N, 88.89°WLogansport — 31.57°N, 93.55°WLogansport — 31.82°N, 93.51°WWills Point — 30.08°N, 97.50°WWills Point — 30.27°N, 97.73°WWills Point — 29.57°N, 98.68°WWills Point — 31.17°N, 96.83°WWills Point — 29.47°N, 98.17°WWills Point — 29.38°N, 99.02°WWills Point — 29.38°N, 99.05°WWills Point — 30.10°N, 97.30°WWills Point — 29.28°N, 98.61°WWills Point — 29.57°N, 97.90°WWills Point — 28.71°N, 100.50°W

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The named rock units Venericardia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 233 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 204 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Venericardia and its relatives

Eocene

Where Venericardia and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

2,371 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 976 sites for Venericardia, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

271 references

Each of the 1,656 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. 259 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 content2

Picture of Venericardia

Credit
H. Zell
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itVenericardiinae through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Lamarck 1801)