Polymesoda subarata

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PolymesodaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Polymesoda
Life habit
infaunalPBDB, for Polymesoda
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Polymesoda
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
brackish,freshwaterPBDB, for Corbiculidae

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 33.9 Mya to 23.04 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 37.71 Mya to 20.45 Mya.

Eocene — about 12 of 30 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 17 of 30 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 1 of 30 occurrencesMiocene38–38 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 2 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 2 occurrences36–36 Mya — about 2 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 2 occurrences35–35 Mya — about 2 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 1 occurrence33–33 Mya — about 1 occurrence33–32 Mya — about 1 occurrence32–32 Mya — about 1 occurrence32–31 Mya — about 1 occurrence31–30 Mya — about 1 occurrence30–30 Mya — about 1 occurrence30–29 Mya — about 1 occurrence29–28 Mya — about 1 occurrence28–28 Mya — about 1 occurrence28–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–27 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences25–25 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences24–24 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences33.9 Mya23.04 Mya38.2 Mya19.9 Mya

30 occurrences of Polymesoda subarata on record, most of them in the Oligocene. 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

30 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

12 formations

Bembridge Marls — 50.71°N, 1.45°WBorgloon — 50.80°N, 5.33°EBorgloon — 50.82°N, 5.46°EBorgloon — 50.89°N, 5.64°EBorgloon — 51.00°N, 4.50°EHempstead — 50.71°N, 1.45°WUpper Cyrena — 47.50°N, 19.08°ESable de Vauroux-Saint-Antoine — 48.43°N, 2.15°ESable de Vauroux-Saint-Antoine — 48.50°N, 2.25°EConglomerat de Pierrefitte — 48.50°N, 2.25°ENeuwieder Becken 3 — 50.43°N, 7.47°ENeuwieder Becken 6 — 50.43°N, 7.47°ENeuwieder Becken 7a — 50.43°N, 7.47°ENeuwieder Becken 7b — 50.43°N, 7.47°EBembridge Limestone — 50.68°N, 1.10°WFalun d'Ormoy — 48.40°N, 2.15°E

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The named rock units Polymesoda subarata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Polymesoda subarata and its relatives

Oligocene

Where Polymesoda subarata and its relatives were recorded in the Oligocene.

Found in the same rock

260 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 23 sites for Polymesoda subarata, 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

6 references

Each of the 30 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 Polymesoda subarata was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Polymesoda subarata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Polymesoda subarata was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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. (Bronn 1837)