Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli

Cardium melvilli (Newton, 1905), a relative of Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli — not Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli itself

Not Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli. This is Cardium melvilli (Newton, 1905), a relative — both are Cardiidae.

via GBIF · CC0 · via GBIF. 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
LaevicardiumPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Laevicardium
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Laevicardium
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Laevicardium
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At most 2.8 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 5.333 Mya and 2.58 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Miocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesPliocene — about 3 of 3 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 3 occurrences5.5–5.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.3–5.2 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.2–5.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.1–5.0 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.0–4.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.8–4.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.7–4.6 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.6–4.5 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.5–4.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.3–4.2 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.2–4.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.1–4.0 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.0–3.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences3.8–3.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences3.7–3.6 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences3.6–3.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.5–3.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.3–3.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.2–3.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.1–3.0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.0–2.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences2.8–2.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences2.7–2.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.83 Mya2.08 Mya

3 occurrences of Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli on record, most of them in the Pliocene. 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 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

2 formations

Mekran — 25.21°N, 64.64°EChatti Mudstone — 25.29°N, 62.13°E

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The named rock units Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli 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.

Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli and its relatives

Pliocene

Where Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli and its relatives were recorded in the Pliocene.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Cardium (Laevicardium) melvilli, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 3 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. 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 Cardium melvilli (Newton, 1905)

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

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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What may have been alongside itLaevicardium through timeFormations of the PlioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Newton 1905)