Heteroconchia

Heteroconchia

Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikidata/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 466 million years on record.

The record covers at least 473.8 Mya to 7.246 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.85 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesOrdovician — about 197 of 12000 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 93 of 12000 occurrencesDevonian — about 192 of 12000 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 192 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 22 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 2 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 116 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 1216 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 1109 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 6769 of 12000 occurrencesPaleocene — about 385 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 1316 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 387 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 4 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 0 of 12000 occurrences496–480 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences480–463 Mya — about 8 occurrences463–447 Mya — about 148 occurrences447–430 Mya — about 87 occurrences430–414 Mya — about 63 occurrences414–397 Mya — about 36 occurrences397–381 Mya — about 79 occurrences381–364 Mya — about 56 occurrences364–348 Mya — about 15 occurrences348–331 Mya — about 43 occurrences331–314 Mya — about 62 occurrences314–298 Mya — about 81 occurrences298–281 Mya — about 18 occurrences215–199 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences199–182 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences182–165 Mya — about 9 occurrences165–149 Mya — about 870 occurrences149–132 Mya — about 699 occurrences132–116 Mya — about 491 occurrences116–99 Mya — about 438 occurrences99–83 Mya — about 406 occurrences83–66 Mya — about 6108 occurrences66–50 Mya — about 645 occurrences50–33 Mya — about 1294 occurrences33–17 Mya — about 340 occurrences17–0 Mya — about 4 occurrences473.8 Mya7.246 Mya496 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Heteroconchia on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

12,000 occurrences read

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. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 276 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 — 31.92°N, 85.35°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 — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WPrairie Bluff — 34.63°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°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 — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.91°N, 88.51°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 — 32.49°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 — 31.98°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 — 33.05°N, 96.06°WCorsicana Marl — 32.93°N, 96.11°WCorsicana Marl — 32.87°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.76°N, 96.28°WCorsicana Marl — 32.53°N, 96.27°WCorsicana Marl — 32.25°N, 96.29°WCorsicana Marl — 32.25°N, 96.29°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 32.05°N, 96.44°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 32.04°N, 96.50°WCorsicana Marl — 31.75°N, 96.58°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.52°N, 96.58°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 — 30.38°N, 97.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.34°N, 97.51°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 — 29.72°N, 97.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.62°N, 98.06°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°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 — 29.37°N, 98.78°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WCorsicana Marl — 29.18°N, 99.02°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 31.77°N, 88.33°WMoodys Branch — 31.55°N, 87.58°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°WOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.93°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.82°N, 88.88°WOwl Creek — 34.74°N, 88.90°WOwl Creek — 34.63°N, 88.84°WOwl Creek — 34.50°N, 89.00°WOwl Creek — 34.44°N, 88.95°WOwl Creek — 34.23°N, 89.00°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.85°WOwl Creek — 37.02°N, 89.85°WMint Spring — 30.98°N, 88.73°WMint Spring — 31.97°N, 89.50°WMint Spring — 31.98°N, 89.42°WMint Spring — 32.27°N, 89.99°WMint Spring — 32.17°N, 90.18°WMint Spring — 32.36°N, 90.87°WMint Spring — 32.47°N, 90.84°WMint Spring — 31.67°N, 88.65°WEscondido — 29.59°N, 98.07°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 — 29.23°N, 99.47°WEscondido — 29.11°N, 99.82°WEscondido — 29.12°N, 99.89°WEscondido — 29.09°N, 98.87°WEscondido — 29.08°N, 99.96°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 — 28.65°N, 100.43°WEscondido — 28.59°N, 100.40°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°WJalama — 34.53°N, 120.41°WJalama — 34.51°N, 120.45°WJalama — 34.50°N, 120.34°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 — 37.44°N, 99.18°WKiowa — 38.41°N, 97.99°WKiowa — 38.28°N, 98.41°WKiowa — 38.60°N, 97.82°WKiowa — 38.53°N, 97.90°WKiowa — 38.43°N, 97.90°WKiowa — 38.65°N, 98.01°WKiowa — 38.63°N, 98.10°WKiowa — 38.60°N, 97.93°WKiowa — 38.54°N, 98.01°WKiowa — 38.89°N, 97.79°WKiowa — 38.73°N, 97.53°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.75°N, 97.75°WKiowa — 38.76°N, 97.86°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°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°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 — 34.27°N, 77.95°WWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.46°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.54°WWoodbine — 33.62°N, 96.61°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WShuqra — 14.27°N, 48.57°EShuqra — 14.30°N, 48.47°EShuqra — 14.32°N, 48.45°ELisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WOsmington Oolite — 50.80°N, 2.28°WOsmington Oolite — 50.60°N, 2.45°WOsmington Oolite — 51.75°N, 1.25°WOsmington Oolite — 50.63°N, 2.37°WRed Bluff — 30.98°N, 88.73°WRed Bluff — 31.81°N, 88.69°WRed Bluff — 31.66°N, 88.66°WRed Bluff — 31.84°N, 88.75°WSables a Nummulites variolarius — 49.25°N, 2.50°ETropic Shale — 37.07°N, 111.62°WTropic Shale — 37.29°N, 112.69°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°W

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The named rock units Heteroconchia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 252 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3,161 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

1,687 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 285 sites for Heteroconchia, 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

at least 191 references

Each of the 12,000 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. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 179 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 Heteroconchia

Credit
Hans Hillewaert
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Heteroconchia 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. (Gray 1854)