Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
Placuna (Ephippium)PBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Placunidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Placunidae
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Placunidae
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At most 12 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 11.63 Mya and 11.7 ka, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Miocene — about 3 of 14 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 9 of 14 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 2 of 14 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 0 of 14 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences10–9.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences9.7–9.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences9.3–8.9 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences8.9–8.5 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences8.5–8.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences8.1–7.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences7.7–7.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences7.3–6.9 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences6.9–6.5 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences6.5–6.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences6.1–5.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.7–5.3 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.3–4.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.9–4.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.4–4.0 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.0–3.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.6–3.2 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.2–2.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.8–2.4 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences2.4–2.0 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences2.0–1.6 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences1.6–1.2 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences1.2–809 ka Mya — about 0.4 occurrences809 ka–404 ka Mya — about 0.4 occurrences404 ka–0 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences12.1 Mya0 Mya

14 occurrences of Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium on record, most of them in the Pliocene. 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

14 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

2 formations

Togopi — 5.50°N, 117.00°ELower Gelingseh — 1.50°N, 116.50°E

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The named rock units Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 8 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium and its relatives

Pliocene

Where Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium and its relatives were recorded in the Pliocene.

Found in the same rock

94 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 2 sites for Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium, 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

4 references

Each of the 14 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No picture of Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and 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 Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium 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 itPlacuna (Ephippium) through timeFormations of the PlioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Philipsson 1788)