Pitar

Pitar is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus contains over 60 species.

Pitar

Marie HENNION · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CallocardiinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
infaunalPBDB
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia

Time the record covers

At least 93 million years on record.

The record covers at least 93.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 100.5 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 0 of 1319 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 7 of 1319 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 167 of 1319 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 557 of 1319 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 152 of 1319 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 206 of 1319 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 90 of 1319 occurrencesPleistocene — about 121 of 1319 occurrences103–99 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences99–96 Mya — about 2 occurrences96–92 Mya — about 1 occurrence92–89 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences89–85 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences85–82 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences75–72 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences72–68 Mya — about 1 occurrence68–65 Mya — about 16 occurrences65–62 Mya — about 49 occurrences62–58 Mya — about 57 occurrences58–55 Mya — about 72 occurrences55–51 Mya — about 66 occurrences51–48 Mya — about 67 occurrences48–44 Mya — about 72 occurrences44–41 Mya — about 72 occurrences41–38 Mya — about 156 occurrences38–34 Mya — about 92 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 61 occurrences31–27 Mya — about 59 occurrences27–24 Mya — about 31 occurrences24–21 Mya — about 34 occurrences21–17 Mya — about 41 occurrences17–14 Mya — about 36 occurrences14–10 Mya — about 57 occurrences10–6.8 Mya — about 33 occurrences6.8–3.4 Mya — about 63 occurrences3.4–0 Mya — about 179 occurrences93.9 Mya11.7 ka103 Mya0 Mya

1,319 occurrences of Pitar on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

1,319 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

279 formations

Byram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.58°N, 86.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.08°N, 88.22°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.97°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.45°N, 85.63°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.40°N, 85.13°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.82°N, 87.37°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.37°N, 88.68°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 88.05°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.35°N, 86.08°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 32.25°N, 88.43°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.32°N, 86.00°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.96°N, 88.07°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.91°N, 87.74°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.93°N, 87.75°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.53°N, 87.32°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.92°N, 87.52°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.61°N, 85.05°WHatchetigbee Bluff — 31.07°N, 88.03°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.32°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 35.01°N, 90.79°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 31.40°N, 94.52°WCook Mountain — 30.00°N, 97.16°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 93.65°WCook Mountain — 31.35°N, 95.51°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 31.09°N, 95.95°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.72°WCook Mountain — 29.95°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.55°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 32.43°N, 96.22°WKincaid — 32.58°N, 96.30°WKincaid — 29.21°N, 99.79°WKincaid — 28.71°N, 100.50°WKincaid — 31.31°N, 96.63°WKincaid — 31.22°N, 96.91°WKincaid — 29.57°N, 97.27°WKincaid — 28.74°N, 100.35°WKincaid — 29.35°N, 99.14°WKincaid — 29.36°N, 98.88°WKincaid — 29.33°N, 99.28°WKincaid — 29.16°N, 99.57°WKincaid — 31.29°N, 96.72°WEugene — 44.05°N, 123.09°WEugene — 44.16°N, 123.05°WEugene — 44.05°N, 123.02°WEugene — 45.21°N, 123.20°WEugene — 44.98°N, 123.21°WEugene — 44.94°N, 123.03°WEugene — 44.77°N, 123.03°WTejon — 34.94°N, 118.82°WTejon — 34.96°N, 118.87°WTejon — 34.91°N, 118.99°WTejon — 34.92°N, 119.25°WTejon — 34.89°N, 119.14°WTejon — 35.00°N, 119.00°WTejon — 34.93°N, 118.87°WTejon — 46.41°N, 122.98°WSanta Susana — 34.24°N, 118.74°WSanta Susana — 34.07°N, 118.55°WSanta Susana — 34.13°N, 118.57°WSanta Susana — 34.26°N, 118.69°WSanta Susana — 34.22°N, 118.76°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.57°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WTuscahoma — 31.82°N, 87.37°WTuscahoma — 32.08°N, 88.22°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.95°WTuscahoma — 31.85°N, 87.53°WTuscahoma — 31.54°N, 87.52°WTuscahoma — 31.84°N, 87.53°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 32.68°N, 83.42°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WAquia — 38.33°N, 77.27°WAquia — 37.79°N, 77.39°WAquia — 38.41°N, 77.26°WAquia — 38.82°N, 76.75°WAquia — 38.71°N, 77.02°WAquia — 38.90°N, 76.91°WAquia — 38.97°N, 76.76°WAquia — 38.60°N, 77.14°WAquia — 38.46°N, 77.27°WAquia — 38.60°N, 76.94°WAquia — 38.43°N, 77.38°WAquia — 38.27°N, 77.18°WAquia — 37.32°N, 77.28°WAquia — 38.50°N, 77.59°WPirabas — 0.80°S, 47.13°WPirabas — 1.00°S, 48.00°WPirabas — 1.21°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 1.23°S, 47.40°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WPirabas — 1.23°S, 47.34°WPirabas — 2.58°S, 43.38°WPirabas — 2.41°S, 44.42°WPirabas — 1.66°S, 45.37°WPirabas — 2.88°S, 41.67°WNanjemoy — 37.52°N, 76.79°WNanjemoy — 38.40°N, 76.99°WNanjemoy — 38.51°N, 77.02°WNanjemoy — 38.70°N, 76.97°WNanjemoy — 38.82°N, 76.75°WNanjemoy — 37.65°N, 77.17°WNanjemoy — 38.27°N, 77.18°WNanjemoy — 37.77°N, 77.37°WNanjemoy — 38.35°N, 77.30°WNanjemoy — 37.30°N, 77.16°WMint Spring — 31.97°N, 89.50°WMint Spring — 31.98°N, 89.42°WMint Spring — 32.27°N, 89.99°WMint Spring — 32.17°N, 90.18°WMint Spring — 32.36°N, 90.87°WMint Spring — 32.47°N, 90.84°WWeches — 30.01°N, 97.16°WWeches — 30.11°N, 97.32°WWeches — 31.65°N, 95.07°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.21°N, 96.02°WWeches — 31.11°N, 96.28°WWeches — 30.18°N, 97.47°WWeches — 31.00°N, 96.83°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.06°WChoptank — 38.39°N, 76.57°WChoptank — 38.41°N, 76.48°WChoptank — 38.62°N, 76.12°WChoptank — 38.52°N, 76.51°WChoptank — 38.38°N, 76.38°WJuncal — 34.77°N, 119.16°WJuncal — 34.40°N, 118.48°WJuncal — 34.56°N, 118.72°WJuncal — 34.54°N, 118.73°WReklaw — 30.11°N, 97.32°WReklaw — 31.85°N, 94.98°WReklaw — 30.01°N, 97.26°WReklaw — 30.80°N, 96.72°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.62°N, 85.98°WOkinoshima — 32.72°N, 132.55°EOkinoshima — 32.87°N, 129.55°EOkinoshima — 32.78°N, 129.83°ECulebra — 9.05°N, 79.65°WCulebra — 9.03°N, 79.63°WSpringvale — 10.62°N, 61.05°WLondon Clay — 51.43°N, 2.00°WLondon Clay — 50.83°N, 0.78°WLondon Clay — 50.89°N, 1.28°WLondon Clay — 51.73°N, 0.48°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 51.08°N, 1.17°WLondon Clay — 51.23°N, 0.85°W

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The named rock units Pitar has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 255 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 160 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pitar and its relatives

Eocene

Where Pitar and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

3,358 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 801 sites for Pitar, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. 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

279 references

Each of the 1,319 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. 267 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 Pitar

Credit
Marie HENNION
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Pitar albidus · FMNH:Invertebrate Zoology:158478

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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What may have been alongside itCallocardiinae through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Römer 1857)