Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica

Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BicorbulaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Corbulidae
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Corbulidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Corbulidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 37.71 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 33.9 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 35 occurrencesEocene — about 35 of 35 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 35 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences53–53 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences50–50 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 1 occurrence47–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–45 Mya — about 1 occurrence45–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–41 Mya — about 1 occurrence41–40 Mya — about 3 occurrences40–40 Mya — about 4 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 4 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 4 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 2 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–35 Mya — about 1 occurrence35–34 Mya — about 1 occurrence34–33 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences48.07 Mya37.71 Mya56.5 Mya33.4 Mya

35 occurrences of Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica 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

35 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

14 formations

Inucu — 46.85°N, 23.20°EInucu — 46.78°N, 23.03°EInucu — 46.68°N, 23.45°EInucu — 46.78°N, 23.30°EInucu — 46.73°N, 23.43°EInucu — 46.58°N, 23.47°EBarton Clay — 51.02°N, 1.32°WBarton Clay — 50.74°N, 1.69°WSelsey — 51.02°N, 1.32°WSelsey — 50.73°N, 0.78°WEarnley — 51.08°N, 1.17°WBracklesham Beds — 51.34°N, 0.61°WBarton Beds — 51.28°N, 0.63°WCapusu — 46.73°N, 23.43°ECapusu — 46.63°N, 23.47°ESables a Nummulites variolarius — 49.25°N, 2.50°EMaldegem — 50.92°N, 4.30°EBruxelles — 50.83°N, 4.33°EBruxellian — 51.17°N, 3.33°EAalter — 51.08°N, 3.45°EYoncali — 39.46°N, 34.44°EViștea Limestone — 46.85°N, 23.20°E

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The named rock units Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica and its relatives

Eocene

Where Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

1,126 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 35 sites for Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica, 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

14 references

Each of the 35 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. 2 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

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Picture of Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica

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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itBicorbula through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Lamarck 1801)