Astartidae

Astartidae is a family of bivalves related in the order Carditida.

Astartidae

original by Nyst; scan by Tom Meijer · Public Domain · 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
CrassatelloideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Vision
blindPBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Crassatelloidea

Time the record covers

At least 413 million years on record.

The record covers at least 413.02 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 419.62 Mya to 0 Mya.

Silurian — about 0 of 3984 occurrencesDevonian — about 10 of 3984 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 213 of 3984 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 263 of 3984 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 23 of 3984 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 34 of 3984 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 48 of 3984 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 461 of 3984 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 571 of 3984 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 578 of 3984 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 370 of 3984 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 395 of 3984 occurrencesPaleocene — about 79 of 3984 occurrencesEocene — about 133 of 3984 occurrencesOligocene — about 68 of 3984 occurrencesMiocene — about 248 of 3984 occurrencesPliocene — about 236 of 3984 occurrencesPleistocene — about 208 of 3984 occurrences428–414 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences414–399 Mya — about 5 occurrences399–385 Mya — about 4 occurrences371–357 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences357–342 Mya — about 1 occurrence342–328 Mya — about 5 occurrences328–314 Mya — about 21 occurrences314–300 Mya — about 166 occurrences300–285 Mya — about 49 occurrences285–271 Mya — about 44 occurrences271–257 Mya — about 111 occurrences257–243 Mya — about 118 occurrences243–228 Mya — about 28 occurrences228–214 Mya — about 12 occurrences214–200 Mya — about 58 occurrences200–185 Mya — about 201 occurrences185–171 Mya — about 279 occurrences171–157 Mya — about 632 occurrences157–143 Mya — about 469 occurrences143–128 Mya — about 149 occurrences128–114 Mya — about 145 occurrences114–100 Mya — about 75 occurrences100–86 Mya — about 99 occurrences86–71 Mya — about 125 occurrences71–57 Mya — about 244 occurrences57–43 Mya — about 37 occurrences43–29 Mya — about 142 occurrences29–14 Mya — about 129 occurrences14–0 Mya — about 634 occurrences413.02 Mya11.7 ka428 Mya0 Mya

3,984 occurrences of Astartidae on record, most of them in the Late Jurassic. 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

3,984 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

619 formations

Chari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EGraham — 33.02°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.11°N, 98.59°WGraham — 33.03°N, 98.65°WGraham — 32.96°N, 98.76°WGraham — 31.50°N, 99.37°WGraham — 31.44°N, 99.34°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.13°N, 98.16°WGraham — 33.18°N, 98.12°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WGraham — 33.05°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.12°N, 98.51°WGraham — 33.12°N, 98.30°WGraham — 33.14°N, 99.18°WKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WDhruma — 23.53°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.53°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.92°N, 44.00°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°EAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.55°N, 9.00°WYorktown — 37.22°N, 76.93°WYorktown — 37.23°N, 76.96°WYorktown — 36.44°N, 77.10°WYorktown — 35.51°N, 77.62°WYorktown — 35.54°N, 77.67°WYorktown — 35.38°N, 77.99°WYorktown — 37.10°N, 76.39°WYorktown — 37.17°N, 76.77°WYorktown — 37.51°N, 77.21°WYorktown — 37.25°N, 76.50°WYorktown — 37.27°N, 76.57°WYorktown — 34.90°N, 78.05°WYorktown — 37.21°N, 76.69°WYorktown — 37.02°N, 76.58°WYorktown — 37.06°N, 76.63°WYorktown — 37.15°N, 76.74°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.68°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.65°WLadd — 33.72°N, 117.63°WHiraiga — 39.85°N, 141.97°EHiraiga — 40.00°N, 141.83°EHiraiga — 40.09°N, 141.84°EHiraiga — 39.93°N, 141.95°ELillo — 51.25°N, 4.28°ECorumbataí — 22.26°S, 47.58°WCorumbataí — 22.41°S, 47.62°WCorumbataí — 22.25°S, 47.58°WCorumbataí — 22.38°S, 47.65°WCorumbataí — 22.29°S, 47.48°WCorumbataí — 16.96°S, 53.52°WCorumbataí — 17.23°S, 53.26°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 44.00°N, 108.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.41°N, 111.79°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.23°N, 111.27°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.17°N, 110.83°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.98°N, 110.85°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.83°N, 110.87°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.92°N, 111.25°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.51°N, 111.30°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.76°N, 111.21°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.67°N, 111.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.38°N, 111.21°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.51°N, 110.51°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 110.50°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.20°N, 110.61°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.09°N, 110.47°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.94°N, 110.86°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.42°N, 110.80°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.63°N, 111.28°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.61°N, 110.89°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.66°N, 111.33°WJagüel — 38.13°S, 68.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°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 — 31.55°N, 87.58°WMoodys Branch — 31.54°N, 87.52°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 93.82°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 32.00°N, 92.08°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCoralline Crag — 52.05°N, 1.36°ECoralline Crag — 52.08°N, 1.53°ECoralline Crag — 52.12°N, 1.55°ECoralline Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°ECoralline Crag — 52.07°N, 1.35°EGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 32.68°N, 83.42°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.32°WRed Crag — 51.97°N, 1.35°ERed Crag — 51.85°N, 1.28°ERed Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°EOpalinuston — 47.43°N, 8.15°EOpalinuston — 47.37°N, 7.78°EOpalinuston — 47.68°N, 8.52°EChoptank — 38.53°N, 76.52°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.50°WChoptank — 38.39°N, 76.57°WChoptank — 38.17°N, 76.80°WChoptank — 38.62°N, 76.12°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.38°WWhitby Mudstone — 54.45°N, 0.57°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WKirkwood — 39.36°N, 74.42°WKirkwood — 39.46°N, 75.30°WKirkwood — 39.40°N, 75.04°WKirkwood — 38.99°N, 74.82°WKirkwood — 38.94°N, 74.91°WKirkwood — 39.08°N, 74.82°WKirkwood — 39.47°N, 75.35°WKirkwood — 39.43°N, 75.23°WKirkwood — 39.15°N, 74.69°WKirkwood — 39.00°N, 75.12°WRoca — 37.56°S, 69.85°WRoca — 37.54°S, 69.87°WRoca — 37.55°S, 69.83°WTolo Channel — 22.44°N, 114.28°ETolo Channel — 22.45°N, 114.22°ETolo Channel — 22.49°N, 114.32°E

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The named rock units Astartidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 595 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 991 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Astartidae and its relatives

Late Jurassic

Where Astartidae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

1,509 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,466 sites for Astartidae, and this reads 240 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

646 references

Each of the 3,984 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. 634 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 content1

Picture of Astartidae

Credit
original by Nyst; scan by Tom Meijer
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. d'Orbigny 1844