Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PalaeonuculaPBDB
Diet
deposit feeder, suspension feederPBDB, for Nuculidae
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Nuculidae
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Nuculidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanicPBDB, for Nuculidae

Time the record covers

At least 19 million years on record.

The record covers at least 168.2 Mya to 149.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 176 Mya to 145.06 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 0 of 139 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 127 of 139 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 12 of 139 occurrencesLate Jurassic177–176 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences176–174 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences174–173 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences173–172 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences172–171 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences171–170 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences170–169 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences169–168 Mya — about 1 occurrence168–167 Mya — about 5 occurrences167–166 Mya — about 5 occurrences166–165 Mya — about 17 occurrences165–164 Mya — about 32 occurrences164–163 Mya — about 32 occurrences163–162 Mya — about 32 occurrences162–161 Mya — about 4 occurrences161–159 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences159–158 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences158–157 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences157–156 Mya — about 1 occurrence156–155 Mya — about 1 occurrence155–154 Mya — about 2 occurrences154–153 Mya — about 2 occurrences153–152 Mya — about 1 occurrence152–151 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences151–150 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences150–149 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences149–148 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences148–147 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences147–146 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences146–144 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences168.2 Mya149.2 Mya176.6 Mya144.4 Mya

139 occurrences of Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis on record, most of them in the Middle Jurassic. 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

139 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

15 formations

Chari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EDhruma — 25.53°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.92°N, 44.00°EDhruma — 25.17°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 25.78°N, 45.25°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 22.05°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.37°N, 45.50°EDhruma — 25.70°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 25.97°N, 45.00°EDhruma — 26.20°N, 44.83°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°EHabo beds — 23.20°N, 69.80°EGadhada — 23.50°N, 70.50°EKatrol — 23.50°N, 70.50°EGoradongar — 23.50°N, 70.50°ESa Wer — 10.16°N, 43.06°ESa Wer — 10.34°N, 42.80°ESa Wer — 10.56°N, 43.00°EJhurio — 23.50°N, 70.50°EWashtawa — 23.50°N, 70.50°EPounawea — 46.45°S, 169.70°EMoewaka — 37.37°S, 174.77°EKaladongar — 23.50°N, 70.50°EGahodleh Shale — 10.25°N, 45.12°EWanderer Limestone — 10.25°N, 45.12°EBihen Limestone — 10.15°N, 45.10°E

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The named rock units Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis and its relatives

Middle Jurassic

Where Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

461 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 49 sites for Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis, 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 139 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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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. (Sowerby 1840)