Pleuromya uniformis

Pleuromya uniformis

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 55 million years on record.

The record covers at least 192.9 Mya to 137.05 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 199.5 Mya to 132.6 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 128 of 369 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 80 of 369 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 159 of 369 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 1 of 369 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous201–199 Mya — about 2 occurrences199–196 Mya — about 5 occurrences196–194 Mya — about 5 occurrences194–192 Mya — about 10 occurrences192–189 Mya — about 14 occurrences189–187 Mya — about 14 occurrences187–185 Mya — about 14 occurrences185–182 Mya — about 43 occurrences182–180 Mya — about 6 occurrences180–178 Mya — about 6 occurrences178–175 Mya — about 6 occurrences175–173 Mya — about 7 occurrences173–171 Mya — about 8 occurrences171–168 Mya — about 7 occurrences168–166 Mya — about 15 occurrences166–164 Mya — about 21 occurrences164–161 Mya — about 24 occurrences161–159 Mya — about 31 occurrences159–157 Mya — about 44 occurrences157–154 Mya — about 29 occurrences154–152 Mya — about 3 occurrences152–150 Mya — about 3 occurrences150–147 Mya — about 14 occurrences147–145 Mya — about 18 occurrences145–143 Mya — about 15 occurrences138–136 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences136–134 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences134–131 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences192.9 Mya137.05 Mya201 Mya131 Mya

369 occurrences of Pleuromya uniformis on record, most of them in the Late 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

369 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

54 formations

Kap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°ETurmiel Fm — 40.40°N, 1.50°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WOsmington Oolite — 50.80°N, 2.28°WOsmington Oolite — 50.60°N, 2.45°WOsmington Oolite — 51.75°N, 1.25°WOsmington Oolite — 50.63°N, 2.37°WCoralline Oolite — 54.23°N, 0.43°WCoralline Oolite — 53.98°N, 1.53°WCoralline Oolite — 54.21°N, 0.29°WBarahona Limestone — 41.93°N, 3.15°WBarahona Limestone — 40.67°N, 1.20°WCalcaire a oolithes ferrugineuses — 49.30°N, 0.07°WNothe Grits — 50.63°N, 2.37°WNothe Grits — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTurmiel — 40.43°N, 1.42°WTurmiel — 40.40°N, 1.50°WCalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.83°N, 4.20°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.88°N, 4.09°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.63°N, 4.92°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.60°N, 4.96°ECalcaires marneux inferieurs — 49.72°N, 4.50°EArgiles a Lopha gregarea — 49.30°N, 0.07°WMiddle Calcareous Grit — 54.21°N, 0.29°WAberhan Pliensbach — 33.47°S, 70.75°WCalcaire de Hennequeville — 49.37°N, 0.08°EAberhan Sinemur — 33.47°S, 70.75°WSandsfoot Grit — 50.60°N, 2.45°WWhite Limestone — 51.75°N, 1.17°WHabo beds — 23.20°N, 69.80°ERingstead Coral Bed — 50.63°N, 2.35°WRingstead Coral Bed — 50.80°N, 2.28°WPassage Beds — 53.97°N, 1.08°WPassage Beds — 54.21°N, 0.29°WHambleton Oolite — 54.25°N, 1.07°WHambleton Oolite — 54.21°N, 0.29°WUpper Calcareous Grit — 53.98°N, 1.53°WLower Calcareous Grit — 54.21°N, 0.29°W

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The named rock units Pleuromya uniformis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 30 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 106 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pleuromya uniformis and its relatives

Late Jurassic

Where Pleuromya uniformis and its relatives were recorded in the Late Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

544 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 320 sites for Pleuromya uniformis, 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

38 references

Each of the 369 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. 26 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 Pleuromya uniformis

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Licence
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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Pleuromya uniformis was found in Smithsonian Open Access and Sketchfab.

MorphoSource 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Sowerby 1813