Corbula (Anisocorbula)

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CorbulaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Corbula
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Corbula
Motility
stationaryPBDB, for Corbula
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 44 occurrencesMiocene — about 18 of 44 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 16 of 44 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 10 of 44 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 1 occurrence11–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.3–5.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence5.5–4.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 4 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 4 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 4 occurrences15.98 Mya129 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

44 occurrences of Corbula (Anisocorbula) on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

44 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

19 formations

Togopi — 5.50°N, 117.00°EGelingseh — 0.98°N, 117.97°EAbbas — 15.40°N, 42.53°EAbbas — 16.75°N, 41.73°EHatsuse — 35.17°N, 139.67°ELower Sangkulirang Marl — 0.81°N, 117.85°EKlasaman — 0.88°S, 131.25°EEtolonskaya — 58.42°N, 159.00°ETomioka — 42.77°N, 143.02°EDingle — 11.16°N, 122.62°ENishikurosawa — 39.70°N, 140.12°ELower Gelingseh — 1.50°N, 116.50°ERembang — 7.49°S, 110.00°ECilanang — 7.49°S, 110.00°EQuilon Limestone — 8.87°N, 76.59°EChengapara — 25.17°N, 90.67°EToshima Sand — 34.62°N, 137.22°ETajima — 30.67°N, 131.00°ETentokuji — 39.75°N, 140.41°ESakishima — 34.37°N, 136.82°E

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The named rock units Corbula (Anisocorbula) has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 20 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Corbula (Anisocorbula) and its relatives

Miocene

Where Corbula (Anisocorbula) and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

867 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 24 sites for Corbula (Anisocorbula), 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

28 references

Each of the 44 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. 16 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.

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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. (Iredale 1930)