Cymbophora

Cymbophora

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MactrinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Mactridae
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Mactridae
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Mactridae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 110 million years on record.

The record covers at least 110.1 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 113.2 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 1 of 716 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 713 of 716 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 716 occurrencesEocene — about 1 of 716 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 716 occurrencesMiocene — about 0 of 716 occurrencesPliocene — about 0 of 716 occurrencesPleistocene — about 0 of 716 occurrences115–112 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences112–108 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences104–100 Mya — about 5 occurrences100–96 Mya — about 42 occurrences96–92 Mya — about 39 occurrences92–89 Mya — about 25 occurrences89–85 Mya — about 9 occurrences85–81 Mya — about 47 occurrences81–77 Mya — about 60 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 60 occurrences73–69 Mya — about 208 occurrences69–65 Mya — about 218 occurrences58–54 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences54–50 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences50–46 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences46–42 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences42–38 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.8–0 Mya — about 1 occurrence110.1 Mya11.7 ka115 Mya0 Mya

716 occurrences of Cymbophora on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. 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

716 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

63 formations

Providence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.86°N, 85.95°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.94°N, 86.11°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.86°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.75°WCorsicana Marl — 31.12°N, 96.82°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.81°N, 97.10°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 30.19°N, 97.57°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.75°N, 97.88°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.04°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 98.89°WEscondido — 29.29°N, 98.97°WEscondido — 29.39°N, 99.02°WEscondido — 29.36°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 99.16°WEscondido — 29.32°N, 99.27°WEscondido — 29.25°N, 99.28°WEscondido — 29.08°N, 99.96°WEscondido — 29.06°N, 100.06°WEscondido — 28.87°N, 100.16°WEscondido — 28.97°N, 100.24°WEscondido — 28.92°N, 100.26°WEscondido — 28.72°N, 100.47°WEscondido — 28.71°N, 100.71°WEscondido — 28.65°N, 100.43°WEscondido — 28.59°N, 100.40°WEscondido — 28.53°N, 100.30°WEscondido — 28.26°N, 100.27°WWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.68°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 33.62°N, 96.61°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 32.05°N, 97.23°WWoodbine — 32.35°N, 97.39°WWoodbine — 33.05°N, 96.99°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.80°N, 96.85°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.77°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.59°WWoodbine — 33.67°N, 96.34°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 96.11°WNacatoch Sand — 32.05°N, 96.41°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.02°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.78°WSevern — 38.80°N, 77.00°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WJalama — 34.51°N, 120.42°WJalama — 34.51°N, 120.45°WJalama — 34.50°N, 120.34°WPanoche — 35.88°N, 120.10°WPanoche — 37.39°N, 121.37°WPanoche — 37.43°N, 121.27°WPanoche — 37.31°N, 121.30°WPanoche — 37.28°N, 121.21°WPanoche — 37.23°N, 121.24°WChico — 39.81°N, 121.66°WChico — 39.66°N, 121.58°WChico — 39.79°N, 121.63°WChico — 39.65°N, 121.54°WChico — 39.63°N, 121.59°WChico — 38.72°N, 121.21°WChatsworth — 34.22°N, 118.67°WChatsworth — 34.21°N, 118.82°WPeedee — 34.04°N, 79.80°WPeedee — 33.99°N, 79.52°WPeedee — 33.91°N, 79.45°WPeedee — 33.83°N, 79.25°WPeedee — 35.77°N, 78.64°WLadd — 33.73°N, 117.62°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.68°WMoreno — 36.99°N, 120.94°WMoreno — 37.91°N, 121.78°WMoreno — 37.46°N, 121.19°WMoreno — 37.42°N, 121.18°WMoreno — 37.28°N, 121.18°WMoreno — 37.24°N, 121.15°WToreva — 35.74°N, 110.82°WToreva — 36.55°N, 110.48°WToreva — 36.12°N, 109.95°WPigeon Point — 37.19°N, 122.40°WWilliams — 33.70°N, 117.63°WWilliams — 33.78°N, 117.66°WBlack Creek — 35.77°N, 78.64°WBlack Creek — 35.23°N, 77.79°WBlack Creek — 35.46°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.67°N, 77.47°WPawkowki — 49.10°N, 111.15°WPawkowki — 49.01°N, 111.21°WPawkowki — 49.01°N, 111.08°WPawkowki — 49.10°N, 111.21°WPawkowki — 49.19°N, 111.89°WCorsicana — 30.41°N, 97.48°WCorsicana — 31.13°N, 96.82°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.94°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.84°WChiwapa — 34.46°N, 88.90°WChiwapa — 34.36°N, 88.93°WOwl Creek — 34.74°N, 88.90°WOwl Creek — 34.75°N, 88.93°WOwl Creek — 34.63°N, 88.84°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.85°WOwl Creek — 37.02°N, 89.85°WAguja — 29.83°N, 103.25°WPierre Shale — 43.27°N, 104.27°W

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The named rock units Cymbophora has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 39 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 83 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cymbophora and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Cymbophora and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

775 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 521 sites for Cymbophora, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

58 references

Each of the 716 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. 46 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 Cymbophora

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Commercial use
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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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Gabb 1869)