Atomodesma

Atomodesma

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AtomodesmatinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pteriomorphia
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Pteriomorphia
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Pteriomorphia
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 41 million years on record.

The record covers at least 293.52 Mya to 251.902 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 247 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 0 of 89 occurrencesPermian — about 73 of 89 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 16 of 89 occurrencesEarly TriassicMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 89 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences298–296 Mya — about 1 occurrence296–295 Mya — about 1 occurrence295–293 Mya — about 2 occurrences293–291 Mya — about 3 occurrences291–289 Mya — about 3 occurrences289–287 Mya — about 3 occurrences287–286 Mya — about 3 occurrences286–284 Mya — about 3 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 2 occurrences282–280 Mya — about 1 occurrence280–278 Mya — about 1 occurrence278–277 Mya — about 1 occurrence277–275 Mya — about 1 occurrence275–273 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences273–271 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences271–269 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences269–268 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences268–266 Mya — about 2 occurrences266–264 Mya — about 2 occurrences264–262 Mya — about 1 occurrence262–260 Mya — about 1 occurrence260–259 Mya — about 5 occurrences259–257 Mya — about 6 occurrences257–255 Mya — about 6 occurrences255–253 Mya — about 9 occurrences253–251 Mya — about 17 occurrences251–250 Mya — about 5 occurrences250–248 Mya — about 1 occurrence248–246 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences293.52 Mya251.902 Mya300 Mya246 Mya

89 occurrences of Atomodesma 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

89 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

36 formations

Senja — 29.45°N, 83.00°ESenja — 29.60°N, 82.83°ESenja — 29.46°N, 82.88°ESenja — 28.69°N, 84.06°ESenja — 28.71°N, 83.94°EFlat Top — 24.85°S, 150.12°EDaye — 25.58°N, 106.76°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.76°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.67°EDulgalakh — 71.20°N, 129.40°EDulgalakh — 67.10°N, 129.00°EDulgalakh — 70.00°N, 128.00°ECallytharra — 24.08°S, 114.73°ECallytharra — 24.55°S, 115.30°ECallytharra — 26.37°S, 115.42°ELetham — 45.77°S, 167.97°ENura Nura — 18.10°S, 124.46°ENura Nura — 18.05°S, 124.51°ECoolkilya — 24.00°S, 114.75°ECoolkilya — 24.30°S, 114.80°EJungle Creek — 65.74°N, 137.79°WJungle Creek — 65.87°N, 136.17°WLuolou — 24.43°N, 107.37°ELuolou — 24.36°N, 107.33°ENemo — 45.89°S, 167.96°EMegen — 60.25°N, 139.07°EKhaldzhin — 64.61°N, 130.59°ECoyrie — 24.10°S, 115.16°EFossil Cliff — 28.90°S, 115.55°EPoole — 18.10°S, 125.25°EWardak — 34.08°N, 68.48°EBoguchan — 69.50°N, 129.00°ETabyo — 69.50°N, 63.50°ECrocker — 23.60°S, 148.72°EMacmillan — 23.25°S, 148.50°EShadrovskaya — 71.32°N, 52.27°ETumenling — 44.80°N, 127.28°EBelkovskaya — 67.33°N, 64.11°E

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The named rock units Atomodesma has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 12 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 18 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Atomodesma and its relatives

Permian

Where Atomodesma and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

691 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 82 sites for Atomodesma, 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

34 references

Each of the 89 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. 22 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 Atomodesma

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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

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. Beyrich 1865