Aviculopecten

Aviculopecten is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusc that lived from the Early Devonian to the Late Triassic in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Aviculopecten

Wilson44691 at English Wikipedia · 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
AviculopectinidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pectinida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Pectinida
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Pectinida
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 280 million years on record.

The record covers at least 393.47 Mya to 113.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 410.62 Mya to 100.5 Mya.

Devonian — about 65 of 869 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 324 of 869 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 448 of 869 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 15 of 869 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 10 of 869 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 6 of 869 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 869 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 869 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 869 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 1 of 869 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 0 of 869 occurrences417–406 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences406–395 Mya — about 3 occurrences395–385 Mya — about 22 occurrences385–374 Mya — about 18 occurrences374–363 Mya — about 8 occurrences363–352 Mya — about 19 occurrences352–342 Mya — about 35 occurrences342–331 Mya — about 77 occurrences331–320 Mya — about 64 occurrences320–309 Mya — about 57 occurrences309–299 Mya — about 90 occurrences299–288 Mya — about 106 occurrences288–277 Mya — about 42 occurrences277–266 Mya — about 101 occurrences266–256 Mya — about 109 occurrences256–245 Mya — about 102 occurrences245–234 Mya — about 8 occurrences234–223 Mya — about 1 occurrence223–213 Mya — about 2 occurrences213–202 Mya — about 2 occurrences202–191 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences191–180 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences180–170 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences116–105 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences105–94 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences393.47 Mya113.2 Mya417 Mya94 Mya

869 occurrences of Aviculopecten 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

869 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

229 formations

Grenola Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.57°WGrenola Limestone — 39.41°N, 96.01°WGrenola Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WGrenola Limestone — 39.17°N, 96.60°WGrenola Limestone — 38.13°N, 96.33°WGrenola Limestone — 39.34°N, 96.18°WGrenola Limestone — 39.22°N, 96.07°WGrenola Limestone — 38.84°N, 96.10°WGrenola Limestone — 38.56°N, 96.37°WGrenola Limestone — 37.64°N, 96.49°WGrenola Limestone — 38.04°N, 96.31°WGrenola Limestone — 37.80°N, 96.40°WGrenola Limestone — 37.37°N, 96.54°WGrenola Limestone — 39.90°N, 95.91°WGrenola Limestone — 38.50°N, 96.35°WGrenola Limestone — 37.24°N, 96.57°WGrenola Limestone — 37.10°N, 96.61°WGrenola Limestone — 39.91°N, 95.55°WPark City — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPark City — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPark City — 47.06°N, 109.43°WPark City — 44.00°N, 114.00°WPark City — 43.56°N, 108.87°WPark City — 43.19°N, 109.16°WPark City — 43.25°N, 109.92°WPark City — 43.32°N, 110.15°WPark City — 42.98°N, 109.00°WPark City — 43.54°N, 108.70°WWatahomigi — 36.50°N, 113.60°WWatahomigi — 36.16°N, 113.80°WWatahomigi — 35.80°N, 113.60°WWatahomigi — 35.71°N, 113.38°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.38°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.30°WWatahomigi — 36.16°N, 113.17°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.04°WWatahomigi — 36.14°N, 112.89°WChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.78°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.15°EChhidru — 32.50°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.41°N, 72.10°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 71.97°EChhidru — 32.50°N, 71.92°EWargal — 32.32°N, 71.18°EWargal — 32.40°N, 72.25°EWargal — 32.52°N, 72.30°EWargal — 32.45°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.55°N, 71.77°EWargal — 32.63°N, 71.75°EKaibab — 35.20°N, 111.57°WKaibab — 35.16°N, 111.29°WKaibab — 34.48°N, 111.38°WKaibab — 35.40°N, 112.96°WKaibab — 36.06°N, 112.21°WKaibab — 36.19°N, 112.36°WKaibab — 36.16°N, 112.71°WKaibab — 36.33°N, 113.04°WFayetteville — 36.07°N, 94.00°WFayetteville — 35.85°N, 94.44°WFayetteville — 36.00°N, 94.01°WFayetteville — 36.19°N, 94.09°WFayetteville — 35.99°N, 94.31°WFayetteville — 36.08°N, 94.13°WFayetteville — 35.75°N, 95.37°WFayetteville — 36.23°N, 93.11°WFalls City Limestone — 39.86°N, 95.60°WFalls City Limestone — 39.91°N, 95.92°WFalls City Limestone — 39.11°N, 96.44°WFalls City Limestone — 39.08°N, 96.13°WFalls City Limestone — 38.93°N, 95.95°WFalls City Limestone — 38.65°N, 96.09°WFalls City Limestone — 38.03°N, 96.28°WFalls City Limestone — 37.76°N, 96.41°WFalls City Limestone — 37.55°N, 96.45°WFalls City Limestone — 39.24°N, 96.53°WMuldraugh — 40.04°N, 86.87°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.84°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.82°N, 75.53°WIxaltepec — 17.55°N, 97.10°WCaodigou — 37.42°N, 99.30°ECaodigou — 37.85°N, 98.10°ECaodigou — 37.68°N, 98.65°ECaodigou — 37.54°N, 100.11°EIxtaltepec — 17.55°N, 97.10°WLongtan — 29.83°N, 106.43°ELongtan — 26.03°N, 105.10°ELongtan — 26.14°N, 105.28°ELongtan — 25.58°N, 112.43°ELongtan — 26.50°N, 105.58°EPottawatomie — 39.10°N, 94.57°WPottawatomie — 39.16°N, 94.48°WPottawatomie — 39.05°N, 94.67°WPottawatomie — 38.94°N, 95.10°WGastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band — 53.65°N, 2.65°WGastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band — 53.58°N, 2.43°WGastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band — 53.70°N, 2.30°WGastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band — 53.72°N, 2.08°WDiamond Peak — 39.54°N, 115.83°WDiamond Peak — 39.57°N, 115.81°WSaginaw Bay — 56.92°N, 134.22°WSaginaw Bay — 56.85°N, 134.13°WEskridge Shale — 39.27°N, 96.57°WEskridge Shale — 39.20°N, 96.62°WEskridge Shale — 39.39°N, 96.41°WEskridge Shale — 39.44°N, 96.13°WEskridge Shale — 37.88°N, 96.49°WEskridge Shale — 37.65°N, 96.51°WEskridge Shale — 37.37°N, 96.54°WKanokura — 39.00°N, 141.53°EKanokura — 38.98°N, 141.57°EKanokura — 39.13°N, 141.50°EAmsden — 43.00°N, 107.00°WAmsden — 41.81°N, 107.30°WAmsden — 42.64°N, 108.71°WAmsden — 43.51°N, 107.46°WAmsden — 44.45°N, 106.91°WAmsden — 45.75°N, 112.00°WWood Siding — 39.27°N, 96.42°WWood Siding — 39.25°N, 95.90°WWood Siding — 37.90°N, 96.37°WWood Siding — 38.20°N, 96.29°WWood Siding — 39.94°N, 95.93°WWood Siding — 39.50°N, 96.08°WWood Siding — 39.07°N, 96.08°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WForaker Limestome — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WCherokee Shale — 37.17°N, 95.10°WCherokee Shale — 37.01°N, 94.88°WCherokee Shale — 37.10°N, 94.79°WCherokee Shale — 37.24°N, 94.80°WCherokee Shale — 37.33°N, 94.80°WCherokee Shale — 37.32°N, 94.93°WCherokee Shale — 37.03°N, 95.13°W

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The named rock units Aviculopecten has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 205 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 123 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Aviculopecten and its relatives

Permian

Where Aviculopecten and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,065 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 708 sites for Aviculopecten, 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

209 references

Each of the 869 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. 197 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 Aviculopecten

Credit
Wilson44691 at English Wikipedia
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. (M'Coy 1851)