Posidoniidae

Posidoniidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PosidonioideaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Ostreida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Ostreida
Motility
stationaryPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At least 323 million years on record.

The record covers at least 413.02 Mya to 89.8 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 419.62 Mya to 85.7 Mya.

Silurian — about 0 of 989 occurrencesDevonian — about 23 of 989 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 133 of 989 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 21 of 989 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 135 of 989 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 136 of 989 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 57 of 989 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 157 of 989 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 275 of 989 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 12 of 989 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 4 of 989 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 36 of 989 occurrences426–415 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences415–403 Mya — about 1 occurrence403–392 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences392–380 Mya — about 2 occurrences380–368 Mya — about 6 occurrences368–357 Mya — about 13 occurrences357–345 Mya — about 8 occurrences345–334 Mya — about 16 occurrences334–322 Mya — about 85 occurrences322–311 Mya — about 20 occurrences311–299 Mya — about 3 occurrences299–287 Mya — about 3 occurrences287–276 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences276–264 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences264–253 Mya — about 12 occurrences253–241 Mya — about 227 occurrences241–230 Mya — about 89 occurrences230–218 Mya — about 8 occurrences218–206 Mya — about 7 occurrences206–195 Mya — about 17 occurrences195–183 Mya — about 82 occurrences183–172 Mya — about 178 occurrences172–160 Mya — about 159 occurrences160–148 Mya — about 9 occurrences148–137 Mya — about 2 occurrences137–125 Mya — about 1 occurrence125–114 Mya — about 1 occurrence114–102 Mya — about 1 occurrence102–91 Mya — about 22 occurrences91–79 Mya — about 14 occurrences413.02 Mya89.8 Mya426 Mya79 Mya

989 occurrences of Posidoniidae on record, most of them in the Middle 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

989 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

182 formations

Opalinuston — 47.43°N, 8.15°EOpalinuston — 47.37°N, 7.78°EOpalinuston — 47.68°N, 8.52°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EColsterdale Marine Beds — 54.07°N, 1.82°WColsterdale Marine Beds — 54.17°N, 1.87°WColsterdale Marine Beds — 54.23°N, 2.42°WQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EQingyan — 26.92°N, 108.73°EQingyan — 26.35°N, 106.70°EWhitby Mudstone — 54.45°N, 0.57°WWhitby Mudstone — 54.26°N, 1.28°WVikinghogda — 78.58°N, 15.29°EVikinghogda — 78.33°N, 16.48°EVikinghogda — 78.26°N, 16.91°EVikinghogda — 78.59°N, 14.44°EVikinghogda — 78.34°N, 16.41°EVikinghogda — 78.48°N, 15.56°EVikinghogda — 78.29°N, 16.56°ESan Cassiano — 46.53°N, 11.42°EGastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band — 53.65°N, 2.65°WGastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band — 53.58°N, 2.43°WGastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band — 53.70°N, 2.30°WGastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band — 53.72°N, 2.08°WCotinguiba — 10.76°S, 37.07°WCotinguiba — 10.82°S, 37.04°WCotinguiba — 10.85°S, 37.17°WCotinguiba — 10.86°S, 37.15°WCockhill Marine Band — 54.17°N, 1.87°WCockhill Marine Band — 54.00°N, 2.00°WBac Thuy — 21.84°N, 106.73°EBac Thuy — 21.85°N, 106.74°EBac Thuy — 21.74°N, 106.72°EOxford Clay — 52.00°N, 1.00°WOxford Clay — 53.50°N, 0.33°WQinglong — 30.45°N, 117.54°EQinglong — 31.64°N, 117.45°EAgoudim — 32.24°N, 4.26°WRoeburndale — 54.10°N, 2.65°WRoeburndale — 54.08°N, 2.47°WRoeburndale — 54.03°N, 2.68°WRoeburndale — 54.02°N, 2.63°WStainmore — 54.58°N, 3.53°WStainmore — 54.99°N, 1.62°WStainmore — 55.00°N, 1.75°WStainmore — 54.59°N, 3.57°WCassian — 46.55°N, 12.27°ECassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.55°N, 11.93°EKongressfjellet — 78.53°N, 21.96°EKongressfjellet — 78.24°N, 17.21°EBlind Fiord — 80.91°N, 89.25°WBlind Fiord — 81.05°N, 90.10°WBlind Fiord — 80.64°N, 87.62°WBlind Fiord — 81.03°N, 87.00°WBlind Fiord — 81.20°N, 90.15°WLyudyanza — 43.13°N, 133.24°EFernie — 50.62°N, 115.17°WFernie — 49.52°N, 115.08°WFernie — 52.08°N, 115.92°WFernie — 53.25°N, 118.08°WFernie — 53.25°N, 118.25°WCaton Shales — 54.00°N, 2.83°WNishinakayama — 34.25°N, 131.00°EBaifeng — 24.83°N, 106.75°EBaifeng — 23.80°N, 106.00°EBaifeng — 24.36°N, 105.06°EBaifeng — 23.53°N, 105.92°EBaifeng — 24.00°N, 104.40°E

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The named rock units Posidoniidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 158 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 282 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Posidoniidae and its relatives

Middle Jurassic

Where Posidoniidae and its relatives were recorded in the Middle Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

992 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 792 sites for Posidoniidae, 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

225 references

Each of the 989 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. 213 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 Posidoniidae

Credit
Joe Mabel
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Posidoniidae 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. Frech 1909