Limopsis insolita

Limopsis insolita

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LimopsisPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Limopsis
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Limopsis
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Limopsis
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
outer shelf,oceanicPBDB, for Limopsidae

Time the record covers

At least 28 million years on record.

The record covers at least 33.9 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 18 occurrencesEocene — about 2 of 18 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 4 of 18 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 11 of 18 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 18 occurrencesPleistocene — about 0 of 18 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences39–37 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences37–35 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences33–31 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences26–24 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 3 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 3 occurrences16–14 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–8.9 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.9–7.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.1–5.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.2–3.4 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences3.4–1.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences33.9 Mya5.333 Mya57 Mya2 Mya

18 occurrences of Limopsis insolita 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

18 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

8 formations

San Julian — 46.87°S, 66.95°WSan Julian — 49.30°S, 67.72°WSan Julian — 47.13°S, 66.05°WSan Julian — 47.08°S, 66.70°WMonte Leon Fm — 50.12°S, 68.48°WMonte Leon Fm — 50.87°S, 71.70°WMonte Leon Fm — 50.37°S, 69.05°WMonte Leon Fm — 50.23°S, 68.92°WSan Julián — 47.13°S, 66.05°WSan Julián — 47.03°S, 66.70°WSan Julián — 49.30°S, 67.72°WGuadal — 47.00°S, 72.43°WPolonez Cove — 62.25°S, 59.00°WTortachilla Limestone — 34.92°S, 138.62°EChenque — 45.73°S, 67.50°WMonte Leon — 50.32°S, 68.86°W

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The named rock units Limopsis insolita has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Limopsis insolita and its relatives

Miocene

Where Limopsis insolita and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

193 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 6 sites for Limopsis insolita, 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

8 references

Each of the 18 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. 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 Limopsis insolita

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Limopsis insolita 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 itLimopsis through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Sowerby 1846)