Callista (Callista) perovata

Callista (Callista) perovata

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At most 19 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 56 Mya and 37.71 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Paleocene — about 0 of 52 occurrencesEocene — about 52 of 52 occurrencesEocene57–56 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences55–55 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences49–49 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 1 occurrence47–47 Mya — about 1 occurrence47–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–45 Mya — about 1 occurrence45–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–41 Mya — about 1 occurrence41–40 Mya — about 6 occurrences40–40 Mya — about 7 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 7 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 7 occurrences38–38 Mya — about 7 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 2 occurrences56.5 Mya37.2 Mya

52 occurrences of Callista (Callista) perovata on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

52 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

7 formations

Gosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WLisbon — 31.55°N, 87.91°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WMcBean — 33.50°N, 80.89°WMcBean — 33.56°N, 80.09°WMcBean — 33.15°N, 81.90°WNanjemoy — 37.52°N, 76.79°WTallahatta — 31.37°N, 86.52°WTallahatta — 31.30°N, 86.48°WSantee Limestone — 33.35°N, 80.26°W

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The named rock units Callista (Callista) perovata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Callista (Callista) perovata and its relatives

Eocene

Where Callista (Callista) perovata and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

728 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 46 sites for Callista (Callista) perovata, 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

13 references

Each of the 52 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. 1 further reference is 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.

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Picture of Callista (Callista) perovata

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Specimen
Callista chione · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:12070

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Conrad 1833)