Pterioidea

Pterioidea is a superfamily of epifaunal marine bivalves mostly inhabiting continental shelf regions of tropical and subtropical oceans. The superfamily includes the economically-important saltwater pearl oysters as well as the oddly shaped hammer oysters. A number of species have found use as model organisms in the fields of medicine and science.

Pterioidea

Renato Posenato and Gaia Crippa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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
OstreidaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Bivalvia
Environment
marine,brackishPBDB, for Ostreida

Time the record covers

At least 457 million years on record.

The record covers at least 457.2 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 458.2 Mya to 0 Mya.

Ordovician — about 29 of 5560 occurrencesSilurian — about 31 of 5560 occurrencesDevonian — about 38 of 5560 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 26 of 5560 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 449 of 5560 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 621 of 5560 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 675 of 5560 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 942 of 5560 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 449 of 5560 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 362 of 5560 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 530 of 5560 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 251 of 5560 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 592 of 5560 occurrencesPaleocene — about 43 of 5560 occurrencesEocene — about 200 of 5560 occurrencesOligocene — about 59 of 5560 occurrencesMiocene — about 164 of 5560 occurrencesPliocene — about 37 of 5560 occurrencesPleistocene — about 58 of 5560 occurrences467–452 Mya — about 5 occurrences452–436 Mya — about 24 occurrences436–421 Mya — about 23 occurrences421–405 Mya — about 24 occurrences405–389 Mya — about 4 occurrences389–374 Mya — about 17 occurrences374–358 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences358–343 Mya — about 1 occurrence343–327 Mya — about 3 occurrences327–312 Mya — about 6 occurrences312–296 Mya — about 18 occurrences296–280 Mya — about 28 occurrences280–265 Mya — about 58 occurrences265–249 Mya — about 686 occurrences249–234 Mya — about 1216 occurrences234–218 Mya — about 232 occurrences218–203 Mya — about 370 occurrences203–187 Mya — about 398 occurrences187–171 Mya — about 168 occurrences171–156 Mya — about 536 occurrences156–140 Mya — about 348 occurrences140–125 Mya — about 78 occurrences125–109 Mya — about 119 occurrences109–93 Mya — about 227 occurrences93–78 Mya — about 106 occurrences78–62 Mya — about 315 occurrences62–47 Mya — about 80 occurrences47–31 Mya — about 170 occurrences31–16 Mya — about 114 occurrences16–0 Mya — about 185 occurrences457.2 Mya11.7 ka467 Mya0 Mya

5,560 occurrences of Pterioidea on record, most of them in the Late Triassic. 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

5,560 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

828 formations

Qingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EQingyan — 26.92°N, 108.73°EQingyan — 26.35°N, 106.70°ECassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.54°N, 11.62°ECassian — 46.64°N, 12.20°ECassian — 46.55°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.54°N, 12.25°ECassian — 46.52°N, 11.96°ECassian — 46.53°N, 11.92°ECassian — 46.47°N, 12.07°ECassian — 46.58°N, 12.25°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.94°ECassian — 46.51°N, 11.76°EKossen — 47.78°N, 13.80°EKossen — 47.66°N, 12.45°EKossen — 47.57°N, 11.77°EKossen — 47.75°N, 14.73°EKossen — 47.55°N, 12.17°EKossen — 47.68°N, 13.35°EKossen — 47.67°N, 12.70°EKossen — 47.79°N, 15.17°EKossen — 47.58°N, 12.57°EKossen — 47.71°N, 13.20°EKoessen — 47.00°N, 13.00°EKoessen — 47.71°N, 13.20°EKoessen — 47.67°N, 12.70°EKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°EMoenkopi — 37.05°N, 113.75°WMoenkopi — 37.17°N, 113.29°WMoenkopi — 39.00°N, 110.68°WMoenkopi — 39.10°N, 110.50°WMoenkopi — 38.24°N, 111.25°WMoenkopi — 39.00°N, 110.52°WMoenkopi — 40.57°N, 110.49°WMoenkopi — 38.24°N, 112.22°WMoenkopi — 38.21°N, 111.28°WMoenkopi — 37.10°N, 113.71°WMoenkopi — 37.08°N, 113.27°WMoenkopi — 37.13°N, 113.76°WMoenkopi — 37.05°N, 113.27°WMoenkopi — 37.18°N, 113.22°WMoenkopi — 37.67°N, 113.05°WMoenkopi — 37.13°N, 113.23°WMoenkopi — 35.44°N, 115.51°WWerfen — 46.38°N, 11.85°EWerfen — 46.30°N, 11.80°EWerfen — 46.57°N, 11.63°EWerfen — 46.35°N, 11.87°EWerfen — 46.46°N, 11.70°EWerfen — 46.29°N, 11.52°EWerfen — 46.66°N, 11.83°EWerfen — 46.34°N, 11.68°EWerfen — 46.30°N, 11.57°EWerfen — 46.37°N, 11.59°EWerfen — 46.36°N, 11.44°EWerfen — 46.61°N, 11.90°EFord — 54.88°N, 1.38°WFord — 54.81°N, 1.32°WFord — 54.83°N, 1.37°WFord — 54.73°N, 1.27°WFord — 53.70°N, 1.33°WFord — 55.05°N, 1.44°WFord — 53.54°N, 1.25°WChari — 23.30°N, 69.97°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EDaye — 30.30°N, 106.85°EDaye — 30.49°N, 107.00°EDaye — 29.71°N, 113.93°EDaye — 25.59°N, 106.65°EDaye — 25.58°N, 106.76°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.67°EDaye — 25.54°N, 106.76°EDaye — 30.17°N, 109.00°EWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.77°N, 97.01°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 33.68°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.54°WWoodbine — 33.62°N, 96.61°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 31.70°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.05°N, 97.23°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 33.51°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.77°WWoodbine — 33.67°N, 96.34°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WWoodbine — 33.87°N, 95.57°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.80°N, 2.28°WTrigonia clavellata — 50.60°N, 2.45°WFeixianguan — 32.31°N, 105.46°EFeixianguan — 28.10°N, 105.04°EFeixianguan — 29.49°N, 106.40°EFeixianguan — 29.91°N, 106.52°EFeixianguan — 25.94°N, 104.50°EFeixianguan — 28.96°N, 106.92°EFeixianguan — 27.46°N, 107.14°EFeixianguan — 26.10°N, 105.30°EFeixianguan — 30.13°N, 106.45°EFeixianguan — 28.44°N, 104.72°EFeixianguan — 32.58°N, 105.86°EFeixianguan — 24.94°N, 104.69°EFeixianguan — 28.01°N, 104.68°EFeixianguan — 26.02°N, 104.67°EAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WPiedra Pintada — 40.12°S, 70.27°WPiedra Pintada — 39.87°S, 70.48°WPiedra Pintada — 39.97°S, 70.47°WPiedra Pintada — 40.05°S, 70.35°WPiedra Pintada — 40.15°S, 70.30°WBellerophon — 46.56°N, 11.73°EBellerophon — 46.34°N, 11.23°EBellerophon — 46.64°N, 11.84°EBellerophon — 46.56°N, 11.65°EBellerophon — 46.68°N, 11.91°EBellerophon — 45.70°N, 11.22°EMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 35.97°N, 110.84°WMancos Shale — 36.16°N, 109.84°WMancos Shale — 35.85°N, 109.83°WMancos Shale — 36.08°N, 111.07°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WMancos Shale — 34.74°N, 108.84°WNayband — 32.38°N, 57.41°ENayband — 32.50°N, 57.35°ENayband — 32.40°N, 57.45°ENayband — 32.50°N, 57.20°ENayband — 33.00°N, 56.98°ENayband — 32.18°N, 57.32°EProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.94°N, 86.11°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.76°N, 85.13°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 84.97°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.01°N, 92.00°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.88°N, 88.69°WMoodys Branch — 31.14°N, 87.94°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.35°N, 93.57°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WUlakhan-Krest — 71.81°N, 127.24°EUlakhan-Krest — 71.70°N, 127.80°EUlakhan-Krest — 71.72°N, 127.49°ELower Lias — 51.80°N, 1.88°WCsopak Marl — 47.00°N, 17.83°E

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The named rock units Pterioidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 804 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,175 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pterioidea and its relatives

Late Triassic

Where Pterioidea and its relatives were recorded in the Late Triassic.

Found in the same rock

1,318 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,397 sites for Pterioidea, and this reads 240 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

877 references

Each of the 5,560 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. 865 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 Pterioidea

Credit
Renato Posenato and Gaia Crippa
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Pterioidea 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.

The description on this site

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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. Gray 1847