Modiolopsis

Modiolopsis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ModiolopsinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Modiomorphidae

Time the record covers

At least 217 million years on record.

The record covers at least 477.1 Mya to 259.857 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 486.4 Mya to 254.14 Mya.

Cambrian — about 0 of 348 occurrencesOrdovician — about 242 of 348 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 88 of 348 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 12 of 348 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 0 of 348 occurrencesPermian — about 6 of 348 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 348 occurrences491–483 Mya — about 2 occurrences483–475 Mya — about 8 occurrences475–467 Mya — about 15 occurrences467–459 Mya — about 35 occurrences459–451 Mya — about 87 occurrences451–443 Mya — about 96 occurrences443–435 Mya — about 26 occurrences435–427 Mya — about 30 occurrences427–419 Mya — about 32 occurrences419–411 Mya — about 9 occurrences411–402 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences402–394 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences394–386 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences386–378 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences378–370 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences370–362 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences362–354 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences266–258 Mya — about 5 occurrences258–249 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences477.1 Mya259.857 Mya491 Mya249 Mya

348 occurrences of Modiolopsis on record, most of them in the Ordovician. 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

348 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

148 formations

Martinsburg — 36.95°N, 81.08°WMartinsburg — 40.48°N, 76.53°WMartinsburg — 37.38°N, 80.86°WMartinsburg — 41.74°N, 74.18°WValcour — 44.62°N, 73.42°WWaynesville — 39.45°N, 83.83°WWaynesville — 39.00°N, 84.00°WWaynesville — 39.35°N, 85.10°WWaynesville — 39.58°N, 84.95°WWaynesville — 39.48°N, 84.07°WHerkimer — 43.10°N, 75.23°WHerkimer — 43.04°N, 75.36°WHerkimer — 43.03°N, 75.28°WDunleith — 42.00°N, 90.50°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 44.98°N, 93.26°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 44.92°N, 93.02°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 44.97°N, 93.07°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 46.00°N, 94.00°WSt. Peter Sandstone — 42.00°N, 90.50°WGeorgian Bay — 43.67°N, 79.42°WGeorgian Bay — 45.75°N, 81.60°WGeorgian Bay — 43.74°N, 79.56°WJoslin Hill — 43.21°N, 75.46°WKope — 38.87°N, 84.46°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WKope — 38.80°N, 84.16°WNautiloidea Sandstone — 30.29°N, 36.21°ELetna — 50.00°N, 14.00°ELetna — 49.70°N, 13.58°EVerulam — 44.50°N, 78.58°WVerulam — 44.45°N, 78.70°WVerulam — 44.52°N, 78.97°WRoss Point — 45.62°N, 61.97°WOverton — 52.48°N, 2.63°WStonington — 45.67°N, 86.97°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.57°N, 78.84°WTonoloway Limstone — 39.44°N, 78.97°WJigunsan — 37.19°N, 128.74°EBoda Limestone — 61.17°N, 14.71°EPower Glen — 43.11°N, 79.28°WBotella Quartzite — 38.64°N, 4.83°WBotella Quartzite — 38.77°N, 4.83°WBotella Quartzite — 38.72°N, 5.22°WFairview — 39.47°N, 87.41°WFairview — 39.00°N, 84.00°WTonoloway Limestone — 39.57°N, 78.84°WTonoloway Limestone — 39.57°N, 76.84°WTonoloway Limestone — 39.63°N, 78.23°WRoss Brook — 45.62°N, 61.97°WMaquoketa — 42.50°N, 91.25°WMaquoketa — 46.00°N, 94.00°W

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The named rock units Modiolopsis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 124 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 46 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Modiolopsis and its relatives

Ordovician

Where Modiolopsis and its relatives were recorded in the Ordovician.

Found in the same rock

2,011 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 309 sites for Modiolopsis, 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

113 references

Each of the 348 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. 101 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 Modiolopsis

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

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Hall 1847