Diplodonta (Diplodonta)

Diplodonta (Diplodonta)

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 61 million years on record.

The record covers at least 61.66 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 168 occurrencesPaleocene — about 5 of 168 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 69 of 168 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 26 of 168 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 40 of 168 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 17 of 168 occurrencesPleistocene — about 11 of 168 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 1 occurrence61–58 Mya — about 2 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 1 occurrence56–54 Mya — about 4 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 4 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 4 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 5 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 5 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 5 occurrences43–40 Mya — about 11 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 24 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 6 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 5 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 5 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 5 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 6 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 5 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 3 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 4 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 5 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 5 occurrences11–9.0 Mya — about 5 occurrences9.0–6.7 Mya — about 7 occurrences6.7–4.5 Mya — about 11 occurrences4.5–2.2 Mya — about 14 occurrences2.2–0 Mya — about 10 occurrences61.66 Mya129 ka67 Mya0 Mya

168 occurrences of Diplodonta (Diplodonta) on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

168 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

61 formations

Gosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.28°N, 90.18°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.50°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.26°N, 79.92°WMeganos — 37.92°N, 121.79°WMeganos — 37.89°N, 121.71°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 35.28°N, 120.13°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WMint Spring — 31.97°N, 89.50°WMint Spring — 31.98°N, 89.42°WMint Spring — 32.17°N, 90.18°WMint Spring — 32.36°N, 90.87°WStone City — 30.53°N, 96.69°WStone City — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCoralline Crag — 52.12°N, 1.55°ECoralline Crag — 52.03°N, 1.38°ECoralline Crag — 52.07°N, 1.35°ECoralline Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°EChickasawhay — 31.67°N, 88.62°WChickasawhay — 31.69°N, 88.65°WChickasawhay — 31.52°N, 87.49°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 31.63°N, 95.58°WNanjemoy — 37.52°N, 76.79°WNanjemoy — 37.32°N, 77.28°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WBohio — 9.17°N, 79.85°WBohio — 9.17°N, 79.85°WAbbas — 16.90°N, 42.45°EAbbas — 16.75°N, 42.00°EAbbas — 16.75°N, 41.73°EBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WTubará — 10.75°N, 74.98°WForest Hill — 31.66°N, 88.66°WForest Hill — 30.98°N, 88.73°WEwekoro — 6.92°N, 3.19°EPielach — 48.15°N, 15.17°EPielach — 48.22°N, 15.36°EArcadia — 27.89°N, 82.48°WArcadia — 28.15°N, 82.76°WLillo — 51.25°N, 4.28°ETallahatta — 31.37°N, 86.52°WTallahatta — 31.30°N, 86.48°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.91°N, 87.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.65°N, 88.08°W

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The named rock units Diplodonta (Diplodonta) has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 37 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 18 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Diplodonta (Diplodonta) and its relatives

Eocene

Where Diplodonta (Diplodonta) and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

2,316 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 128 sites for Diplodonta (Diplodonta), and this reads all 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

57 references

Each of the 168 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. 45 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 Diplodonta (Diplodonta)

Source
GBIF
Credit
Stichting Observation International
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

No 3D scan of Diplodonta (Diplodonta) was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Bronn 1831