Lopha

Lopha is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family of Ostreidae.

Lopha

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 274 million years on record.

The record covers at least 274.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 283.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 19 of 480 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 1 of 480 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 22 of 480 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 21 of 480 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 22 of 480 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 97 of 480 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 35 of 480 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 38 of 480 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 108 of 480 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 1 of 480 occurrencesEocene — about 20 of 480 occurrencesOligocene — about 49 of 480 occurrencesMiocene — about 29 of 480 occurrencesPliocene — about 11 of 480 occurrencesPleistocene — about 6 of 480 occurrences289–279 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences279–270 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences270–260 Mya — about 2 occurrences260–250 Mya — about 16 occurrences250–241 Mya — about 23 occurrences241–231 Mya — about 2 occurrences231–222 Mya — about 5 occurrences222–212 Mya — about 6 occurrences212–202 Mya — about 7 occurrences202–193 Mya — about 10 occurrences193–183 Mya — about 5 occurrences183–173 Mya — about 9 occurrences173–164 Mya — about 87 occurrences164–154 Mya — about 32 occurrences154–144 Mya — about 12 occurrences144–135 Mya — about 5 occurrences135–125 Mya — about 12 occurrences125–116 Mya — about 7 occurrences116–106 Mya — about 6 occurrences106–96 Mya — about 18 occurrences96–87 Mya — about 16 occurrences87–77 Mya — about 9 occurrences77–67 Mya — about 57 occurrences67–58 Mya — about 17 occurrences58–48 Mya — about 3 occurrences48–39 Mya — about 5 occurrences39–29 Mya — about 43 occurrences29–19 Mya — about 19 occurrences19–9.6 Mya — about 21 occurrences9.6–0 Mya — about 26 occurrences274.4 Mya11.7 ka289 Mya0 Mya

480 occurrences of Lopha 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

480 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

137 formations

Corsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.17°N, 96.33°WCorsicana Marl — 30.33°N, 97.54°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.62°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.75°N, 97.88°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 29.39°N, 98.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.48°N, 98.81°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EQingyan — 26.92°N, 108.73°EByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 31.43°N, 87.57°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WByram — 31.57°N, 88.04°WByram — 32.35°N, 90.88°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.59°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.31°N, 87.80°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°WFutuna Limestone — 18.22°S, 178.78°EFutuna Limestone — 18.45°S, 178.48°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques superieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques superieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques superieurs — 49.63°N, 4.92°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques superieurs — 49.88°N, 4.04°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques superieurs — 49.68°N, 4.61°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques superieurs — 49.60°N, 4.96°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques superieurs — 49.64°N, 4.73°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.85°N, 4.31°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.23°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.68°N, 4.61°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.76°N, 4.45°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.86°N, 4.14°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.60°N, 4.96°ECalcaires pseudo-oolithiques inferieurs — 49.72°N, 4.50°ECalcaires marno-crayeux inferieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marno-crayeux inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires marno-crayeux inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.04°ECalcaires marno-crayeux inferieurs — 49.85°N, 4.16°ECalcaires marno-crayeux inferieurs — 49.78°N, 4.40°ECalcaires marno-crayeux inferieurs — 49.65°N, 4.64°ECalcaires marno-crayeux inferieurs — 49.60°N, 4.80°ECalcaires marno-crayeux superieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marno-crayeux superieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires marno-crayeux superieurs — 49.85°N, 4.16°ECalcaires marno-crayeux superieurs — 49.78°N, 4.40°ECalcaires marno-crayeux superieurs — 49.65°N, 4.64°ECalcaires marno-crayeux superieurs — 49.60°N, 4.80°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.63°N, 4.92°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.70°N, 4.42°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.60°N, 4.96°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.72°N, 4.50°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.64°N, 4.73°EOolithe miliaire — 49.84°N, 4.33°EOolithe miliaire — 49.71°N, 4.60°EOolithe miliaire — 49.92°N, 4.08°EOolithe miliaire — 49.78°N, 4.40°EOolithe miliaire — 49.60°N, 4.96°EOolithe miliaire — 49.68°N, 4.66°ECarmel — 37.76°N, 112.97°WCarmel — 37.59°N, 113.06°WCarmel — 37.54°N, 113.12°WCarmel — 37.48°N, 113.17°WCarmel — 37.24°N, 112.79°WCarmel — 37.38°N, 112.85°WChickasawhay — 31.16°N, 86.80°WChickasawhay — 31.52°N, 87.49°WChickasawhay — 31.65°N, 88.31°WChickasawhay — 31.63°N, 88.31°WChickasawhay — 31.72°N, 88.66°WChiwapa — 34.46°N, 88.90°WChiwapa — 34.38°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.36°N, 88.92°WChiwapa — 34.21°N, 88.98°WRed Bluff — 30.98°N, 88.73°WRed Bluff — 31.81°N, 88.69°WRed Bluff — 31.66°N, 88.66°WRed Bluff — 31.57°N, 88.04°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.31°N, 86.48°WMoodys Branch — 31.55°N, 87.58°WMoodys Branch — 31.14°N, 87.94°WMint Spring — 30.98°N, 88.73°WMint Spring — 31.97°N, 89.50°WMint Spring — 32.17°N, 90.18°WMint Spring — 31.66°N, 88.66°WLas Cahobas — 18.53°N, 72.54°WLas Cahobas — 18.51°N, 72.27°WDouling — 26.55°N, 112.50°EDouling — 27.08°N, 111.32°EDouling — 25.80°N, 113.00°EDouling — 27.75°N, 111.77°EDouling — 23.23°N, 113.29°EFahdene — 35.57°N, 8.09°EYazoo Clay — 31.50°N, 87.80°WYazoo Clay — 31.65°N, 87.71°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WSevern — 39.33°N, 76.03°WMancos Shale — 35.72°N, 106.92°WMancos Shale — 35.78°N, 106.94°WMancos Shale — 35.21°N, 107.13°WEutaw — 32.35°N, 85.36°WEutaw — 32.34°N, 85.02°W

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The named rock units Lopha has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 113 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 90 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lopha and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

2,327 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 419 sites for Lopha, 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

150 references

Each of the 480 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. 138 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 Lopha

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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. (Röding 1798)