Ceratomya

Ceratomya

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CeratomyidaePBDB
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 66 million years on record.

The record covers at least 199.5 Mya to 132.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 201.4 Mya to 125.77 Mya.

Late Triassic — about 0 of 295 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 46 of 295 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 176 of 295 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 72 of 295 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 1 of 295 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous203–200 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences200–198 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences198–195 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences195–192 Mya — about 2 occurrences192–190 Mya — about 6 occurrences190–187 Mya — about 6 occurrences187–185 Mya — about 6 occurrences185–182 Mya — about 19 occurrences182–179 Mya — about 3 occurrences179–177 Mya — about 1 occurrence177–174 Mya — about 3 occurrences174–171 Mya — about 9 occurrences171–169 Mya — about 19 occurrences169–166 Mya — about 33 occurrences166–164 Mya — about 58 occurrences164–161 Mya — about 58 occurrences161–158 Mya — about 12 occurrences158–156 Mya — about 16 occurrences156–153 Mya — about 21 occurrences153–150 Mya — about 15 occurrences150–148 Mya — about 5 occurrences148–145 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences145–143 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences135–132 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences132–130 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences130–127 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences127–124 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences199.5 Mya132.6 Mya203 Mya124 Mya

295 occurrences of Ceratomya on record, most of them in the Middle Jurassic. 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

295 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

65 formations

Tataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°EDhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 23.30°N, 46.25°EDhruma — 22.62°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 22.53°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 25.53°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°EShuqra — 14.27°N, 48.57°EShuqra — 14.30°N, 48.47°EShuqra — 14.32°N, 48.45°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.63°N, 4.92°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.70°N, 4.42°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.72°N, 4.50°EDhahab — 32.18°N, 35.67°EAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WAlcobaca — 39.55°N, 9.00°WMughanniyya — 32.18°N, 35.62°EMughanniyya — 32.10°N, 35.63°ETurmiel Fm — 40.40°N, 1.50°WBarahona Limestone — 41.93°N, 3.15°WBarahona Limestone — 40.67°N, 1.20°WHamam — 32.10°N, 35.63°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 22.43°N, 46.42°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 25.05°N, 45.67°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 25.37°N, 45.50°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 25.78°N, 45.25°EBihen Limestone — 9.88°N, 43.57°EBihen Limestone — 10.15°N, 45.10°EInferior Oolite — 50.80°N, 2.75°WKorallenoolith — 52.13°N, 10.02°EAntalo Limestone — 13.68°N, 39.58°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.68°N, 4.61°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.86°N, 4.14°ESierra de Santa Roas — 30.07°N, 111.73°WSierra de Santa Roas — 30.15°N, 112.18°WBuqu — 33.77°N, 91.33°ELautaro — 29.11°S, 70.44°WAlcobaça — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaça — 39.55°N, 8.98°WMatuo — 33.33°N, 92.00°EMatuo — 33.33°N, 91.83°EJubaila Lst. — 22.63°N, 46.47°EJubaila Lst. — 22.37°N, 46.53°EHanifa — 23.50°N, 46.85°EHanifa — 24.53°N, 46.61°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°E

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The named rock units Ceratomya has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 41 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 83 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ceratomya and its relatives

Middle Jurassic

Where Ceratomya and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

1,272 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 188 sites for Ceratomya, 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

64 references

Each of the 295 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. 52 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 Ceratomya

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND
Commercial use
the licence does not allow 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 itCeratomyidae through timeFormations of the Middle JurassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Sandberger 1864