Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
Lopha (Lopha)PBDB
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 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 37.71 Mya to 27.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 48.07 Mya to 23.04 Mya.

Eocene — about 10 of 59 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 49 of 59 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 0 of 59 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences47–46 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences45–44 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences44–43 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences43–42 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences42–42 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences41–40 Mya — about 1 occurrence40–39 Mya — about 1 occurrence39–38 Mya — about 1 occurrence38–37 Mya — about 1 occurrence37–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–35 Mya — about 1 occurrence35–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 5 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 5 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 5 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 5 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 5 occurrences29–29 Mya — about 5 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 5 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 4 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 2 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–23 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences37.71 Mya27.3 Mya48.6 Mya22.5 Mya

59 occurrences of Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis on record, most of them in the Oligocene. 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

59 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

13 formations

Byram — 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°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°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°WYazoo Clay — 31.50°N, 87.80°WYazoo Clay — 31.65°N, 87.71°WChickasawhay Limestone — 32.02°N, 88.27°WChickasawhay Limestone — 31.64°N, 88.65°WForest Hill — 31.66°N, 88.66°WForest Hill — 30.98°N, 88.73°WFlint River — 30.91°N, 84.58°WMarianna — 31.57°N, 88.04°WYazoo — 31.57°N, 88.04°WChichasawhay — 31.71°N, 88.65°WByram Marl — 32.32°N, 90.88°W

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The named rock units Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis and its relatives

Oligocene

Where Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis and its relatives were recorded in the Oligocene.

Found in the same rock

509 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 46 sites for Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis, 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

13 references

Each of the 59 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. 1 further reference is 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

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Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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. (Conrad 1848)