Modulus tamanensis

Modulus tamanensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ModulusPBDB
Diet
grazerPBDB, for Modulidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Modulidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Modulidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 12 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 11 occurrencesMiocene — about 10 of 11 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 11 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 11 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 1 occurrence15–14 Mya — about 1 occurrence14–14 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.2–3.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.5–2.8 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences2.8–2.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15.98 Mya3.6 Mya23.5 Mya2.1 Mya

11 occurrences of Modulus tamanensis 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

11 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

4 formations

Castilletes — 11.85°N, 71.33°WCastilletes — 11.94°N, 71.32°WCastilletes — 11.96°N, 71.26°WJimol — 12.00°N, 71.31°WJimol — 11.90°N, 71.39°WBrasso Clay — 10.48°N, 61.15°WAraya — 10.82°N, 64.18°W

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The named rock units Modulus tamanensis 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.

Modulus tamanensis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Modulus tamanensis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Modulus tamanensis, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

4 references

Each of the 11 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 Modulus tamanensis

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

No 3D scan of Modulus tamanensis 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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What may have been alongside itModulus through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Maury 1925