Schizodus

Schizodus is an extinct genus of shallow marine clams. It lived from the Silurian to Late Permian periods.

Schizodus

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 219 million years on record.

The record covers at least 425 Mya to 205.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 430.6 Mya to 174.7 Mya.

Silurian — about 2 of 761 occurrencesDevonian — about 19 of 761 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 230 of 761 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 502 of 761 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 761 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 761 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 8 of 761 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 761 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 761 occurrences436–427 Mya — about 1 occurrence427–418 Mya — about 2 occurrences418–409 Mya — about 4 occurrences409–400 Mya — about 4 occurrences400–391 Mya — about 3 occurrences391–382 Mya — about 5 occurrences382–374 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences374–365 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences365–356 Mya — about 2 occurrences356–347 Mya — about 5 occurrences347–338 Mya — about 6 occurrences338–329 Mya — about 27 occurrences329–320 Mya — about 51 occurrences320–312 Mya — about 32 occurrences312–303 Mya — about 56 occurrences303–294 Mya — about 72 occurrences294–285 Mya — about 46 occurrences285–276 Mya — about 66 occurrences276–267 Mya — about 76 occurrences267–258 Mya — about 101 occurrences258–249 Mya — about 192 occurrences241–232 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences232–223 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences223–214 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences214–205 Mya — about 1 occurrence205–196 Mya — about 5 occurrences196–187 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences187–178 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences178–170 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences425 Mya205.7 Mya436 Mya170 Mya

761 occurrences of Schizodus on record, most of them in the Permian. 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

761 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

209 formations

Ford — 54.88°N, 1.39°WFord — 54.97°N, 1.37°WFord — 54.82°N, 1.34°WFord — 54.94°N, 1.47°WFord — 54.73°N, 1.31°WFord — 53.79°N, 1.40°WFord — 53.70°N, 1.33°WFord — 53.67°N, 1.24°WGraham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.21°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.17°N, 98.16°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WGraham — 33.10°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.14°N, 99.18°WPark City — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPark City — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPark City — 47.06°N, 109.43°WPark City — 42.57°N, 108.41°WPark City — 43.19°N, 109.16°WPark City — 43.70°N, 109.66°WPark City — 40.78°N, 111.83°WPark City — 42.28°N, 110.58°WPark City — 44.58°N, 112.79°WPark City — 40.92°N, 109.62°WPark City — 42.85°N, 108.89°WPark City — 43.38°N, 109.45°WPark City — 42.95°N, 109.00°WPark City — 42.67°N, 108.76°WPark City — 42.83°N, 108.73°WChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.78°EChhidru — 32.53°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.44°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.24°N, 71.15°EChhidru — 32.52°N, 72.11°EChhidru — 32.42°N, 72.12°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 71.97°EChhidru — 32.50°N, 71.92°EPhosphoria — 42.97°N, 106.78°WPhosphoria — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPhosphoria — 47.06°N, 109.43°WPhosphoria — 44.00°N, 114.00°WPhosphoria — 42.32°N, 111.24°WPhosphoria — 42.26°N, 111.01°WPhosphoria — 42.35°N, 110.44°WPhosphoria — 42.12°N, 111.26°WPhosphoria — 42.22°N, 111.01°WPhosphoria — 42.67°N, 111.20°WPhosphoria — 42.85°N, 108.89°WPhosphoria — 42.85°N, 111.36°WPhosphoria — 42.88°N, 111.48°WPhosphoria — 42.22°N, 111.45°WPhosphoria — 42.09°N, 110.93°WZechstein — 54.76°N, 18.40°EZechstein — 51.08°N, 15.87°EZechstein — 52.08°N, 14.87°EZechstein — 51.08°N, 15.99°EZechstein — 51.05°N, 15.97°EZechstein — 51.61°N, 15.67°EZechstein — 51.17°N, 15.34°EZechstein — 51.10°N, 15.47°EZechstein — 51.21°N, 15.05°EZechstein — 51.10°N, 16.50°EZechstein — 51.10°N, 15.55°ELoray — 39.01°N, 114.88°WLoray — 39.21°N, 114.97°WLoray — 39.65°N, 115.32°WLoray — 39.48°N, 115.12°WDouling — 26.55°N, 112.50°EDouling — 27.62°N, 111.65°EDouling — 26.23°N, 112.94°EDouling — 27.65°N, 112.95°EDouling — 25.80°N, 113.00°EDouling — 27.88°N, 112.61°EDouling — 27.75°N, 111.77°EDouling — 23.23°N, 113.29°EKaibab — 35.20°N, 111.57°WKaibab — 34.43°N, 109.35°WKaibab — 34.62°N, 111.09°WKaibab — 34.55°N, 111.24°WKaibab — 34.52°N, 111.33°WKaibab — 34.43°N, 110.59°WKaibab — 35.95°N, 111.69°WKaibab — 36.06°N, 112.08°WKaibab — 36.19°N, 112.36°WKaibab — 37.86°N, 111.14°WBellerophon — 46.58°N, 11.70°EBellerophon — 46.57°N, 11.64°EBellerophon — 46.67°N, 11.90°EBellerophon — 45.70°N, 11.22°ELongtan — 27.70°N, 113.14°ELongtan — 32.18°N, 119.44°ELongtan — 26.14°N, 105.28°ELongtan — 25.58°N, 112.43°ELongtan — 27.82°N, 111.86°ELongtan — 26.50°N, 105.58°EWatahomigi — 36.50°N, 113.60°WWatahomigi — 36.16°N, 113.80°WWatahomigi — 36.20°N, 113.38°WWatahomigi — 36.14°N, 112.89°WNaujoji Akmené — 54.22°N, 24.43°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.37°N, 24.90°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.25°N, 22.83°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.63°N, 24.97°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.17°N, 21.47°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.27°N, 21.53°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.80°N, 21.20°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.30°N, 22.87°EBaird — 40.75°N, 122.30°WBaird — 40.90°N, 122.27°WMunugudzhak — 63.85°N, 159.83°EMunugudzhak — 63.84°N, 159.89°EAmsden — 41.81°N, 107.30°WAmsden — 42.56°N, 108.65°WAmsden — 42.64°N, 108.71°WAmsden — 43.18°N, 109.20°WAmsden — 43.51°N, 107.46°WAmsden — 44.45°N, 106.91°WMadera Limestone — 35.75°N, 107.12°WRed Tanks — 35.75°N, 107.12°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WRands — 24.95°S, 151.35°ERands — 25.04°S, 151.34°EZechstein — 50.97°N, 12.40°EZechstein — 50.88°N, 12.34°EZechstein — 50.92°N, 12.45°EZechstein — 51.05°N, 12.55°EZechstein — 50.90°N, 12.09°EZechstein — 50.92°N, 12.04°EShaiwa — 25.10°N, 106.15°EShaiwa — 25.61°N, 106.15°EStainmore — 54.58°N, 3.53°WStainmore — 55.00°N, 1.75°WShedhorn — 42.97°N, 106.78°WShedhorn — 47.06°N, 109.43°WShedhorn — 45.38°N, 110.21°WShedhorn — 43.54°N, 110.60°W

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The named rock units Schizodus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 185 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 77 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Schizodus and its relatives

Permian

Where Schizodus and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

2,218 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 634 sites for Schizodus, 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

191 references

Each of the 761 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. 179 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 Schizodus

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Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

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. (King 1844)