Antigona

Antigona is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

Antigona

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
VenerinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Veneridae
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Veneridae
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Veneridae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 40 million years on record.

The record covers at least 41.03 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 48.07 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 26 of 108 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 16 of 108 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 43 of 108 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 10 of 108 occurrencesPleistocene — about 13 of 108 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 1 occurrence47–46 Mya — about 3 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 3 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 3 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 2 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 6 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 6 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 4 occurrences33–31 Mya — about 3 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 3 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 3 occurrences28–26 Mya — about 2 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 1 occurrence23–21 Mya — about 4 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 4 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 4 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 4 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 4 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 4 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 5 occurrences9.8–8.2 Mya — about 5 occurrences8.2–6.5 Mya — about 4 occurrences6.5–4.9 Mya — about 5 occurrences4.9–3.3 Mya — about 7 occurrences3.3–1.6 Mya — about 4 occurrences1.6–0 Mya — about 11 occurrences41.03 Mya129 ka49 Mya0 Mya

108 occurrences of Antigona on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

108 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

39 formations

San Emigdio — 35.06°N, 119.18°WSan Emigdio — 35.41°N, 119.69°WPleito — 34.99°N, 119.19°WNari — 28.00°N, 66.00°ENari — 30.17°N, 67.00°ENari — 26.36°N, 67.86°EGaj — 30.40°N, 72.50°EGaj — 25.56°N, 67.90°EGaj — 23.25°N, 68.87°EGaj — 23.33°N, 68.85°EGaj — 25.32°N, 67.87°EPirabas — 0.80°S, 47.13°WPirabas — 1.00°S, 48.00°WPirabas — 1.23°S, 47.40°WArdath — 32.83°N, 117.23°WArdath — 32.89°N, 117.25°WAbbas — 16.75°N, 41.73°EAbbas — 15.40°N, 42.53°EAbbas — 17.00°N, 42.00°EDry Creek Sands — 34.75°S, 138.68°EDry Creek Sands — 34.91°S, 138.56°EDry Creek Sands — 34.97°S, 138.54°EGargorre — 10.80°N, 51.05°EGargorre — 10.48°N, 50.68°EGargorre — 10.37°N, 50.95°EScripps — 32.83°N, 117.23°WScripps — 32.88°N, 117.25°WScripps — 32.88°N, 117.25°WTogopi — 5.50°N, 117.00°EVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WNicosia — 35.10°N, 33.15°ERyukyu Limestone — 24.38°N, 124.22°ETrent — 34.77°N, 77.18°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 71.09°WDampier Limestone — 25.53°S, 113.48°EBermont — 26.68°N, 80.67°WRembang — 7.49°S, 110.00°ECilanang — 7.49°S, 110.00°ELower Gelingseh — 1.50°N, 116.50°EQuilon Limestone — 8.87°N, 76.59°EGavdos — 34.83°N, 24.08°EApostoli — 35.25°N, 24.58°E

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The named rock units Antigona has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 15 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 24 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Antigona and its relatives

Miocene

Where Antigona and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,563 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 74 sites for Antigona, 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

39 references

Each of the 108 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. 27 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 Antigona

Credit
Bricktop
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Antigona lamellaris · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:44358

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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What may have been alongside itVenerinae through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Schumacher 1817)