Pododesmus

Pododesmus is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Anomiidae.

Pododesmus

Jan Johan ter Poorten · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
AnomiidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 27 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Eocene — about 0 of 178 occurrencesOligocene — about 13 of 178 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 44 of 178 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 42 of 178 occurrencesPleistocene — about 78 of 178 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 1 occurrence32–31 Mya — about 1 occurrence31–30 Mya — about 1 occurrence30–29 Mya — about 1 occurrence29–28 Mya — about 1 occurrence28–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–25 Mya — about 1 occurrence25–24 Mya — about 1 occurrence24–23 Mya — about 1 occurrence23–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 4 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 4 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 4 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 4 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 5 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 3 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.9–5.8 Mya — about 3 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 9 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 15 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 25 occurrences2.3–1.2 Mya — about 12 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 61 occurrences27.3 Mya129 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

178 occurrences of Pododesmus on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

178 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

62 formations

Careaga Sandstone — 34.88°N, 120.51°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.90°N, 120.32°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.74°N, 120.41°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.77°N, 120.48°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.42°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.38°N, 118.61°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.55°WLillo — 51.25°N, 4.28°EPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.71°N, 118.27°WLomita Marl — 33.75°N, 118.30°WLomita Marl — 33.74°N, 118.29°WJacalitos — 36.07°N, 120.44°WJacalitos — 36.06°N, 120.45°WJacalitos — 36.03°N, 120.39°WJacalitos — 36.01°N, 120.31°WWaita — 33.83°N, 130.50°ESan Pedro — 33.93°N, 117.95°WSan Pedro — 33.80°N, 118.16°WRed Crag — 52.02°N, 1.43°ERed Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°ERed Crag — 51.85°N, 1.28°EHaneji — 26.62°N, 128.00°ETermofourà — 45.05°N, 7.80°EIhungia — 40.27°S, 176.22°EIhungia — 40.30°S, 176.28°EPinczow — 50.53°N, 20.53°ENishikurosawa — 39.70°N, 140.12°EMaruyamskaya — 47.42°N, 142.50°ECoralline Crag — 52.12°N, 1.55°ECoralline Crag — 52.75°N, 1.53°ETsurikake — 42.09°N, 139.47°ETsurikake — 42.20°N, 139.53°EFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WPancho Rico — 36.34°N, 121.02°WPancho Rico — 36.20°N, 121.03°WSooke — 48.43°N, 124.09°WSooke — 48.38°N, 123.90°WEtchegoin — 35.99°N, 120.26°WLate Pleistocene terrace — 43.12°N, 124.41°WChipola — 30.54°N, 84.91°W

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The named rock units Pododesmus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 38 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 56 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pododesmus and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Pododesmus and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

2,161 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 130 sites for Pododesmus, and this reads all 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

80 references

Each of the 178 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. 68 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 Pododesmus

Credit
Jan Johan ter Poorten
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Pododesmus rudis · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:208471

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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Philippi 1837