Spisula praetenuis

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 3.3 million years on record.

The record covers at least 41.03 Mya to 37.71 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 33.9 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 22 occurrencesEocene — about 22 of 22 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 22 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences53–53 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences50–50 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences47–46 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences46–46 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences45–44 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences44–43 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences43–43 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences43–42 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences41–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 2 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 2 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 1 occurrence37–36 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences36–36 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences41.03 Mya37.71 Mya56.5 Mya33.4 Mya

22 occurrences of Spisula praetenuis on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

22 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

9 formations

Tallahatta — 31.30°N, 86.48°WTallahatta — 31.30°N, 86.55°WMcBean — 33.32°N, 81.64°WMcBean — 33.60°N, 80.65°WMcBean — 33.56°N, 80.09°WMcBean — 33.49°N, 80.86°WMoodys Branch — 31.61°N, 85.05°WMoodys Branch — 31.67°N, 92.89°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WCook Mountain — 31.29°N, 86.56°WCook Mountain — 31.31°N, 86.48°WNanjemoy — 37.52°N, 76.79°WSantee Limestone — 33.35°N, 80.26°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WTivola — 32.46°N, 83.73°W

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The named rock units Spisula praetenuis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Spisula praetenuis and its relatives

Eocene

Where Spisula praetenuis and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

276 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 17 sites for Spisula praetenuis, 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

7 references

Each of the 22 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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GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Spisula praetenuis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itSpisula through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Conrad 1833)