Avicula

Avicula

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 379 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 387.95 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Devonian — about 1 of 162 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1 of 162 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 2 of 162 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 4 of 162 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 27 of 162 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 84 of 162 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 13 of 162 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 2 of 162 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 3 of 162 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 6 of 162 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 7 of 162 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 162 occurrencesEocene — about 8 of 162 occurrencesOligocene — about 1 of 162 occurrencesMiocene — about 1 of 162 occurrencesPliocene — about 1 of 162 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 162 occurrences396–383 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences383–369 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences343–330 Mya — about 1 occurrence277–264 Mya — about 1 occurrence264–251 Mya — about 1 occurrence251–237 Mya — about 29 occurrences237–224 Mya — about 64 occurrences224–211 Mya — about 2 occurrences211–198 Mya — about 26 occurrences198–185 Mya — about 5 occurrences185–171 Mya — about 2 occurrences171–158 Mya — about 1 occurrence158–145 Mya — about 3 occurrences145–132 Mya — about 2 occurrences132–119 Mya — about 3 occurrences119–106 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences106–92 Mya — about 2 occurrences92–79 Mya — about 2 occurrences79–66 Mya — about 3 occurrences66–53 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences53–40 Mya — about 5 occurrences40–26 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–0 Mya — about 3 occurrences382.31 Mya2.58 Mya396 Mya0 Mya

162 occurrences of Avicula on record, most of them in the Late Triassic. 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

162 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

Cassian — 46.55°N, 11.93°ECassian — 46.54°N, 11.62°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.94°ECassian — 46.52°N, 12.13°ECalcare di Zu — 45.85°N, 9.42°ECalcare di Zu — 45.87°N, 9.67°ETejon — 34.93°N, 118.87°WTejon — 34.91°N, 119.02°WKapp Toscana — 74.42°N, 19.16°ERaibl — 47.33°N, 11.46°ERaibl — 47.36°N, 11.48°ERaibl — 47.35°N, 11.32°ESedrina — 45.00°N, 9.00°EHosselkus — 40.93°N, 122.13°WBrock Shale — 40.05°N, 120.72°WZu Limestone — 46.00°N, 10.00°ESedrina Limestone — 46.00°N, 10.00°EBarton Beds — 50.67°N, 1.08°WTepetate — 24.17°N, 110.00°WMarnes à Toxaster — 38.81°N, 9.47°WMaastricht — 50.87°N, 5.77°ECoralline Crag — 52.07°N, 1.35°EMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.33°WFlagstaff — 30.28°S, 153.01°EMariposa — 37.98°N, 120.52°WDachstein Limestone — 47.29°N, 17.83°EMarmolata — 46.45°N, 11.87°ERichthofen — 46.52°N, 11.96°ELunz — 47.72°N, 14.33°EBellerophon — 46.56°N, 11.73°EWengen — 46.59°N, 11.74°E

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The named rock units Avicula 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. 89 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Avicula and its relatives

Late Triassic

Where Avicula and its relatives were recorded in the Late Triassic.

Found in the same rock

2,438 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 99 sites for Avicula, 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

62 references

Each of the 162 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. 50 further references are not listed. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Avicula

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Credit
Isha1967
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

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. Bruguière 1791