Trachycardium

Searched as Granocardium. The Paleobiology Database treats Trachycardium as the accepted name.

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 113 million years on record.

The record covers at least 113.2 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 121.4 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 50 of 1130 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 642 of 1130 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 8 of 1130 occurrencesEocene — about 26 of 1130 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 23 of 1130 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 200 of 1130 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 52 of 1130 occurrencesPleistocene — about 122 of 1130 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences120–116 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences116–111 Mya — about 5 occurrences111–107 Mya — about 12 occurrences107–103 Mya — about 19 occurrences103–99 Mya — about 22 occurrences99–95 Mya — about 23 occurrences95–91 Mya — about 21 occurrences91–87 Mya — about 9 occurrences87–83 Mya — about 15 occurrences83–78 Mya — about 33 occurrences78–74 Mya — about 33 occurrences74–70 Mya — about 175 occurrences70–66 Mya — about 322 occurrences66–62 Mya — about 7 occurrences62–58 Mya — about 3 occurrences58–54 Mya — about 4 occurrences54–50 Mya — about 3 occurrences50–45 Mya — about 3 occurrences45–41 Mya — about 4 occurrences41–37 Mya — about 7 occurrences37–33 Mya — about 9 occurrences33–29 Mya — about 11 occurrences29–25 Mya — about 8 occurrences25–21 Mya — about 24 occurrences21–17 Mya — about 52 occurrences17–12 Mya — about 35 occurrences12–8.3 Mya — about 63 occurrences8.3–4.1 Mya — about 41 occurrences4.1–0 Mya — about 168 occurrences113.2 Mya11.7 ka124 Mya0 Mya

1,130 occurrences of Trachycardium on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. 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

1,130 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

176 formations

Providence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°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 — 31.84°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°WEscondido — 29.30°N, 98.84°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 98.89°WEscondido — 29.29°N, 98.97°WEscondido — 29.38°N, 99.00°WEscondido — 29.36°N, 99.06°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.34°N, 99.16°WEscondido — 29.24°N, 99.23°WEscondido — 29.32°N, 99.27°WEscondido — 29.25°N, 99.28°WEscondido — 29.16°N, 99.47°WEscondido — 29.11°N, 99.82°WEscondido — 29.09°N, 98.87°WEscondido — 29.06°N, 100.06°WEscondido — 29.05°N, 100.14°WEscondido — 29.03°N, 100.25°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 — 28.55°N, 100.33°WEscondido — 28.53°N, 100.32°WEscondido — 28.60°N, 100.25°WEscondido — 28.61°N, 100.14°WEscondido — 28.26°N, 100.27°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.22°N, 96.31°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.58°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.37°N, 98.78°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.82°WGatun — 9.30°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WKiowa — 37.32°N, 99.75°WKiowa — 37.28°N, 99.66°WKiowa — 37.22°N, 99.90°WKiowa — 37.44°N, 99.08°WKiowa — 37.40°N, 99.02°WKiowa — 38.28°N, 98.41°WKiowa — 38.53°N, 97.90°WKiowa — 38.43°N, 97.90°WKiowa — 38.63°N, 98.10°WKiowa — 38.60°N, 97.93°WKiowa — 38.73°N, 97.53°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.75°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.86°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.51°N, 88.81°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.03°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.63°N, 88.22°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 86.79°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.00°WChiwapa — 34.60°N, 88.95°WChiwapa — 34.46°N, 88.90°WChiwapa — 34.38°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.36°N, 88.93°WChiwapa — 34.21°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.04°N, 88.93°WSevern — 38.80°N, 77.00°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WSevern — 39.04°N, 76.57°WSevern — 39.33°N, 76.03°WCercado — 19.47°N, 71.08°WCercado — 19.30°N, 71.67°WCercado — 19.45°N, 71.18°WCercado — 19.52°N, 71.28°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WPeedee — 34.04°N, 79.80°WPeedee — 33.99°N, 79.52°WPeedee — 33.91°N, 79.45°WPeedee — 33.83°N, 79.25°WOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.74°N, 88.90°WOwl Creek — 34.88°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.75°N, 88.93°WOwl Creek — 34.50°N, 89.00°WOwl Creek — 34.44°N, 88.95°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.85°WOwl Creek — 37.02°N, 89.85°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 96.11°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 95.60°WNacatoch Sand — 33.19°N, 95.22°WNacatoch Sand — 31.31°N, 96.90°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WBlack Creek — 35.77°N, 78.64°WBlack Creek — 34.68°N, 78.23°WBlack Creek — 34.58°N, 78.27°WBlack Creek — 35.23°N, 77.79°WBlack Creek — 35.22°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.46°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.67°N, 77.47°WPirabas — 0.80°S, 47.13°WPirabas — 1.00°S, 48.00°WPirabas — 0.74°S, 47.32°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WChipola — 30.57°N, 85.84°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.47°N, 84.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.46°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.99°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WMerchantville — 39.54°N, 75.72°WMerchantville — 40.44°N, 74.24°WMerchantville — 39.95°N, 74.99°WMerchantville — 40.14°N, 74.72°WCoffee Sand — 34.66°N, 88.57°WCoffee Sand — 34.43°N, 88.42°WCoffee Sand — 34.26°N, 88.70°WCoffee Sand — 34.45°N, 88.58°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.76°N, 118.28°WGalala — 29.67°N, 34.50°EGalala — 30.38°N, 33.52°EGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°EGalala — 29.63°N, 34.40°EMarshalltown — 39.78°N, 75.44°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.70°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.65°Wopoka — 51.32°N, 21.95°EArcadia — 27.89°N, 82.48°WArcadia — 28.15°N, 82.76°WArcadia — 29.25°N, 82.17°WArcadia — 30.36°N, 83.99°WArcadia — 30.21°N, 84.30°WArcadia — 30.69°N, 84.84°W

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The named rock units Trachycardium has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 152 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 178 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Trachycardium and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

752 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 489 sites for Trachycardium, and this reads 240 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

205 references

Each of the 1,130 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. 193 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 Trachycardium

Source
iDigBio
Credit
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Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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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What may have been alongside itTrachycardiinae through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gabb 1869