Diplodonta balcombensis

Searched as Diplodonta subquadrata. The Paleobiology Database treats Diplodonta balcombensis as the accepted name.

Diplodonta balcombensis

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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 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 5 occurrencesMiocene — about 2 of 5 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 5 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 2 of 5 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 0.3 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 1 occurrence15.98 Mya129 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

5 occurrences of Diplodonta balcombensis on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

5 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

2 formations

Muddy Creek — 37.73°S, 142.02°EPacific Muck — 8.93°N, 79.56°W

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The named rock units Diplodonta balcombensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Diplodonta balcombensis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Diplodonta balcombensis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

80 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1 site for Diplodonta balcombensis, 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

4 references

Each of the 5 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Diplodonta balcombensis

Source
iDigBio
Credit
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Licence
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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Diplodonta balcombensis 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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What may have been alongside itDiplodonta through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Tate 1887