Wilkingia

Wilkingia is an extinct genus of fossil bivalve molluscs that lived from the Early Carboniferous (Visean) to the Late Permian (Changhsingian) in Asia, Europe, North and South America.

Wilkingia

équipe des Fouilles du MnhnL · CC0 · via GBIF. 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
UndulomyinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Bivalvia
Life habit
deep infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Bivalvia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 81 million years on record.

The record covers at least 335.4 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 342.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 101 of 221 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 120 of 221 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 221 occurrences345–342 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences342–338 Mya — about 1 occurrence338–335 Mya — about 1 occurrence335–332 Mya — about 4 occurrences332–329 Mya — about 6 occurrences329–326 Mya — about 9 occurrences326–323 Mya — about 9 occurrences323–319 Mya — about 6 occurrences319–316 Mya — about 2 occurrences316–313 Mya — about 1 occurrence313–310 Mya — about 7 occurrences310–307 Mya — about 8 occurrences307–304 Mya — about 5 occurrences304–301 Mya — about 27 occurrences301–297 Mya — about 18 occurrences297–294 Mya — about 7 occurrences294–291 Mya — about 10 occurrences291–288 Mya — about 5 occurrences288–285 Mya — about 3 occurrences285–282 Mya — about 4 occurrences282–278 Mya — about 6 occurrences278–275 Mya — about 8 occurrences275–272 Mya — about 7 occurrences272–269 Mya — about 6 occurrences269–266 Mya — about 8 occurrences266–263 Mya — about 8 occurrences263–260 Mya — about 6 occurrences260–256 Mya — about 12 occurrences256–253 Mya — about 16 occurrences253–250 Mya — about 11 occurrences335.4 Mya254.14 Mya345 Mya250 Mya

221 occurrences of Wilkingia on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

221 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

81 formations

Graham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.19°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WGraham — 33.10°N, 98.40°WChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.78°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.15°EChhidru — 32.53°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.25°N, 71.10°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 71.97°EChhidru — 32.72°N, 71.75°EForaker Limestome — 39.49°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.07°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WForaker Limestome — 37.65°N, 96.46°WAmsden — 41.81°N, 107.30°WAmsden — 42.59°N, 108.67°WAmsden — 43.68°N, 109.62°WAmsden — 43.51°N, 107.46°WPark City — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPark City — 43.19°N, 109.16°WPark City — 43.35°N, 109.40°WPark City — 43.01°N, 109.00°WHueco — 32.37°N, 106.88°WElephant Canyon — 38.50°N, 109.67°WCabaniss — 37.48°N, 94.61°WCabaniss — 38.26°N, 93.96°WCabaniss — 38.26°N, 93.93°WCabaniss — 38.47°N, 93.87°WBlaine — 35.73°N, 98.16°WBlaine — 35.84°N, 98.30°WBlaine — 35.09°N, 98.73°WBlaine — 34.85°N, 99.68°WBlaine — 34.35°N, 99.75°WBlaine — 34.19°N, 99.85°WMunugudzhak — 63.85°N, 159.83°EMunugudzhak — 63.84°N, 159.89°EWewoka — 35.04°N, 96.36°WFalls City Limestone — 39.38°N, 96.28°WFalls City Limestone — 38.67°N, 96.12°WFalls City Limestone — 37.76°N, 96.41°WFalls City Limestone — 37.55°N, 96.45°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 39.92°N, 95.67°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WYanshi — 26.03°N, 117.21°EYanshi — 25.26°N, 117.17°EStotler Limestone — 39.54°N, 95.59°WStotler Limestone — 39.30°N, 96.35°WStotler Limestone — 38.06°N, 96.22°WWood Siding — 39.31°N, 96.42°WWood Siding — 37.78°N, 96.43°WWood Siding — 39.07°N, 96.00°WHarpersville — 32.96°N, 98.76°WHarpersville — 31.50°N, 99.37°WHarpersville — 33.11°N, 98.59°WBeattie — 37.53°N, 96.49°WBeattie — 37.37°N, 96.54°WBeattie — 37.10°N, 96.49°WHonaker Trail — 38.58°N, 109.58°WWatahomigi — 36.50°N, 113.60°WWatahomigi — 36.16°N, 113.80°WRustler — 31.60°N, 104.23°WHinton — 37.90°N, 81.50°WDulgalakh — 71.85°N, 127.10°EDulgalakh — 64.88°N, 131.42°EDog Creek — 33.37°N, 100.35°WDog Creek — 34.70°N, 100.24°WDog Creek — 34.49°N, 100.30°W

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The named rock units Wilkingia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 57 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 18 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Wilkingia and its relatives

Permian

Where Wilkingia and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,853 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 209 sites for Wilkingia, 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

66 references

Each of the 221 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. 54 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 Wilkingia

Source
GBIF
Credit
équipe des Fouilles du MnhnL
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.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Wilson 1959