Spondylus bostrychites

Searched as Spondylus bifrons. The Paleobiology Database treats Spondylus bostrychites as the accepted name.

No picture of Spondylus bostrychites 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 Spondylus bostrychites, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SpondylusPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Spondylus
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Spondylus
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Spondylus
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Spondylidae
Environment
marinePBDB, for Pectinida

Time the record covers

At least 34 million years on record.

The record covers at least 37.71 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 41.03 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Eocene — about 3 of 55 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 3 of 55 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 30 of 55 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 19 of 55 occurrencesPleistocene — about 0 of 55 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences30–28 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences26–24 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences14–12 Mya — about 1 occurrence12–11 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences9.8–8.5 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences8.5–7.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.1–5.8 Mya — about 16 occurrences5.8–4.5 Mya — about 14 occurrences4.5–3.1 Mya — about 10 occurrences3.1–1.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence37.71 Mya3.6 Mya41.8 Mya1.8 Mya

55 occurrences of Spondylus bostrychites on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

55 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

15 formations

Gurabo — 19.48°N, 71.09°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.20°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.30°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 70.95°WRio Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 1.05°S, 47.16°WPirabas — 0.60°S, 47.31°WWare — 11.85°N, 71.32°WTamiami — 26.13°N, 81.48°WSagdere — 37.90°N, 29.30°ETubará — 10.99°N, 74.95°WImperial — 32.83°N, 116.04°WMao — 19.53°N, 71.18°WCercado — 19.48°N, 71.08°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WBuckingham — 25.70°N, 80.40°WAnguilla — 18.21°N, 63.08°WIlundain Marls — 42.77°N, 1.80°WArdanatz Sandstone — 42.80°N, 1.55°W

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The named rock units Spondylus bostrychites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Spondylus bostrychites and its relatives

Miocene

Where Spondylus bostrychites and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

608 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 29 sites for Spondylus bostrychites, 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

13 references

Each of the 55 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. 1 further reference is 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

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No picture of Spondylus bostrychites 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 Spondylus bostrychites, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Spondylus bostrychites 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. Sowerby 1850