Gryphaeidae

Gryphaeidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OstreoideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At least 236 million years on record.

The record covers at least 237 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 538.8 Mya to 0 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 6589 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 0 of 6589 occurrencesSilurian — about 0 of 6589 occurrencesDevonian — about 0 of 6589 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 6589 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 6589 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 6589 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 9 of 6589 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 87 of 6589 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 909 of 6589 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 739 of 6589 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 876 of 6589 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 618 of 6589 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 2458 of 6589 occurrencesPaleocene — about 166 of 6589 occurrencesEocene — about 267 of 6589 occurrencesOligocene — about 57 of 6589 occurrencesMiocene — about 297 of 6589 occurrencesPliocene — about 52 of 6589 occurrencesPleistocene — about 51 of 6589 occurrences550–531 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences531–513 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences513–495 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences495–476 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences476–458 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences458–440 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences440–421 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences421–403 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences403–385 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences385–366 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences366–348 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences348–330 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences330–311 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences311–293 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences293–275 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences275–256 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences256–238 Mya — about 7 occurrences238–220 Mya — about 29 occurrences220–202 Mya — about 59 occurrences202–183 Mya — about 812 occurrences183–165 Mya — about 491 occurrences165–147 Mya — about 1151 occurrences147–128 Mya — about 256 occurrences128–110 Mya — about 251 occurrences110–92 Mya — about 987 occurrences92–73 Mya — about 462 occurrences73–55 Mya — about 1365 occurrences55–37 Mya — about 215 occurrences37–18 Mya — about 204 occurrences18–0 Mya — about 297 occurrences237 Mya11.7 ka550 Mya0 Mya

6,589 occurrences of Gryphaeidae 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

6,589 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

741 formations

Prairie Bluff — 34.50°N, 88.94°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 34.24°N, 89.00°WPrairie Bluff — 33.93°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.61°N, 88.90°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.15°N, 88.67°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.63°N, 88.22°WPrairie Bluff — 32.57°N, 88.14°WPrairie Bluff — 32.49°N, 88.10°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.31°N, 87.80°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, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.92°N, 86.17°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.51°N, 94.67°WCorsicana Marl — 33.34°N, 95.40°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.92°N, 96.12°WCorsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.76°N, 96.28°WCorsicana Marl — 32.59°N, 96.32°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.32°WCorsicana Marl — 32.17°N, 96.33°WCorsicana Marl — 31.81°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.76°N, 96.57°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.85°N, 97.08°WCorsicana Marl — 30.69°N, 97.20°WCorsicana Marl — 30.38°N, 97.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.33°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.62°WCorsicana Marl — 30.15°N, 97.67°WCorsicana Marl — 30.00°N, 97.68°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.80°N, 97.89°WCorsicana Marl — 29.72°N, 97.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.59°N, 98.08°WCorsicana Marl — 29.55°N, 98.13°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.42°N, 98.43°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 29.65°N, 98.38°WCorsicana Marl — 29.39°N, 98.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.37°N, 98.78°WCorsicana Marl — 29.48°N, 98.81°WCorsicana Marl — 29.41°N, 98.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WCorsicana Marl — 29.18°N, 99.02°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.42°N, 98.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.27°N, 97.74°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 99.14°WChari — 23.30°N, 69.97°EChari — 23.67°N, 69.00°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EDhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 22.50°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 22.83°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 22.62°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 21.12°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 24.75°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.53°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.92°N, 44.00°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 23.08°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 22.17°N, 46.83°EDhruma — 21.88°N, 45.83°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°EJagüel — 38.13°S, 68.41°WJagüel — 37.88°S, 68.57°WJagüel — 36.55°S, 68.15°WJagüel — 35.83°S, 69.67°WJagüel — 36.83°S, 69.26°WTwin Creek Limestone — 44.00°N, 108.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.14°N, 111.22°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.63°N, 111.28°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.41°N, 111.79°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.42°N, 111.44°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.23°N, 111.27°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.87°N, 111.17°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.65°N, 111.07°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.45°N, 111.26°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.36°N, 111.17°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.34°N, 111.16°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.84°N, 110.98°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.61°N, 110.89°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.40°N, 111.04°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.33°N, 111.00°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.32°N, 110.70°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.17°N, 110.83°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.10°N, 110.84°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.94°N, 110.86°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.92°N, 111.25°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.51°N, 111.33°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.45°N, 111.37°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.67°N, 111.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.48°N, 111.48°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.51°N, 111.38°WTwin Creek Limestone — 39.97°N, 111.52°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.22°N, 112.10°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.15°N, 112.09°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.99°N, 111.19°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.38°N, 111.21°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.84°N, 111.15°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.51°N, 110.51°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.20°N, 110.61°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.95°N, 110.45°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.92°N, 111.25°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.42°N, 110.80°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.34°N, 110.50°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.70°N, 111.29°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.18°N, 111.11°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.34°N, 110.59°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.25°N, 110.78°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.22°N, 110.65°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.14°N, 110.58°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.98°N, 110.57°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.44°N, 110.57°WGalala — 29.67°N, 34.50°EGalala — 30.38°N, 33.52°EGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°EGalala — 29.63°N, 34.40°EMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 36.14°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.12°N, 109.91°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 36.16°N, 109.84°WMancos Shale — 35.96°N, 110.89°WMancos Shale — 35.85°N, 109.83°WMancos Shale — 35.62°N, 110.29°WMancos Shale — 35.05°N, 110.10°WMancos Shale — 34.74°N, 108.84°WMancos Shale — 34.77°N, 108.78°WMancos Shale — 34.44°N, 107.47°WMancos Shale — 36.55°N, 110.48°WCotinguiba — 10.76°S, 37.07°WCotinguiba — 10.61°S, 36.95°WCotinguiba — 10.63°S, 36.93°WCotinguiba — 10.74°S, 37.07°WCotinguiba — 11.29°S, 37.38°WCotinguiba — 10.80°S, 37.16°WCotinguiba — 10.86°S, 37.15°WCarmel — 37.70°N, 113.05°WCarmel — 37.70°N, 113.05°WCarmel — 37.59°N, 113.07°WCarmel — 37.51°N, 113.13°WCarmel — 37.48°N, 113.17°WCarmel — 37.26°N, 112.85°WCarmel — 37.35°N, 113.33°WCarmel — 37.27°N, 113.41°WCarmel — 37.46°N, 113.71°WCarmel — 37.26°N, 113.78°WCarmel — 39.19°N, 110.67°WCarmel — 39.12°N, 110.75°WCarmel — 39.09°N, 110.70°WCarmel — 39.12°N, 110.86°WCarmel — 38.98°N, 110.88°WCarmel — 38.85°N, 110.90°WCarmel — 39.04°N, 110.40°WCarmel — 38.93°N, 110.42°WCarmel — 38.76°N, 110.47°WCarmel — 38.72°N, 110.54°WCarmel — 38.70°N, 110.56°WCarmel — 38.59°N, 110.78°WCarmel — 38.33°N, 111.52°WCarmel — 38.22°N, 111.15°WCarmel — 38.34°N, 110.53°WCarmel — 38.09°N, 111.39°WCarmel — 38.10°N, 111.92°WCarmel — 37.92°N, 111.66°WCarmel — 37.31°N, 112.59°WCarmel — 37.24°N, 112.67°WCalcaire a gryphees — 48.00°N, 6.00°EAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WAlcobaca — 39.55°N, 9.00°WArgiles a Lopha gregarea — 49.30°N, 0.07°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 33.54°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 33.68°N, 117.76°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.95°WVaqueros — 34.60°N, 119.27°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 33.94°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 119.66°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.06°N, 118.91°WVaqueros — 34.06°N, 118.70°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.84°WVaqueros — 34.35°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.45°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 118.91°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 119.02°WVaqueros — 34.56°N, 119.06°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 119.33°WVaqueros — 34.51°N, 120.23°WVaqueros — 34.52°N, 120.43°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 120.29°WVaqueros — 34.53°N, 120.35°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.14°WVaqueros — 34.93°N, 119.06°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.16°WVaqueros — 35.84°N, 121.05°WVaqueros — 35.85°N, 121.10°WRoca — 37.67°S, 67.50°WRoca — 37.55°S, 69.70°WRoca — 37.56°S, 69.85°WRoca — 37.54°S, 69.87°WRoca — 37.55°S, 69.83°WRoca — 38.14°S, 67.18°WRoca — 39.00°S, 67.56°WRoca — 37.88°S, 68.57°WRoca — 36.54°S, 69.87°WRoca — 36.55°S, 68.15°WRoca — 35.85°S, 69.80°WRoca — 35.47°S, 69.58°WRoca — 36.83°S, 69.26°WAbu Qada — 29.13°N, 33.28°EAbu Qada — 28.65°N, 33.24°EAbu Qada — 29.67°N, 34.50°EAbu Qada — 28.81°N, 33.50°EAbu Qada — 29.28°N, 34.72°EAbu Qada — 30.37°N, 34.45°EAbu Qada — 29.63°N, 34.40°EAbu Qada — 28.80°N, 34.48°EKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WMarshalltown — 39.78°N, 75.44°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.65°WMarshalltown — 39.54°N, 75.72°WMarshalltown — 39.81°N, 75.16°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°ETropic Shale — 37.07°N, 111.62°WTropic Shale — 37.29°N, 112.69°WTropic Shale — 37.21°N, 111.17°WNeylandville Marl — 33.37°N, 95.69°WNeylandville Marl — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNeylandville Marl — 33.14°N, 96.11°WNeylandville Marl — 33.20°N, 96.61°WNeylandville Marl — 31.31°N, 96.90°WNeylandville Marl — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNeylandville Marl — 30.85°N, 96.98°WNeylandville Marl — 31.48°N, 96.73°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.85°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°WChiwapa — 34.25°N, 88.96°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WHalal — 30.37°N, 34.45°EHalal — 30.37°N, 33.52°EHalal — 30.72°N, 33.48°E

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The named rock units Gryphaeidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 717 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,812 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Gryphaeidae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

1,440 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,120 sites for Gryphaeidae, 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

854 references

Each of the 6,589 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. 842 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 content2

Picture of Gryphaeidae

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Public Domain
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
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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. Vialov 1936