Strombus bifrons

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StrombusPBDB
Diet
omnivore, grazerPBDB, for Strombidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Strombidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Strombidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 12 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 20.45 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Miocene — about 55 of 76 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 21 of 76 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 76 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences18–18 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences17–17 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 2 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.6–9.0 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.0–8.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.4–7.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.7–7.1 Mya — about 3 occurrences7.1–6.5 Mya — about 9 occurrences6.5–5.9 Mya — about 9 occurrences5.9–5.2 Mya — about 9 occurrences5.2–4.6 Mya — about 7 occurrences4.6–4.0 Mya — about 7 occurrences4.0–3.3 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.3–2.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.7–2.1 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences15.98 Mya3.6 Mya20.9 Mya2.1 Mya

76 occurrences of Strombus bifrons 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

76 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

6 formations

Gurabo — 19.48°N, 71.09°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.20°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.33°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.58°N, 71.05°WGurabo — 18.73°N, 71.00°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 70.70°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 70.50°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WGurabo — 19.40°N, 70.72°WCercado — 19.46°N, 71.10°WCercado — 19.53°N, 71.27°WCercado — 19.92°N, 71.57°WCercado — 19.30°N, 71.67°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WCercado — 19.40°N, 70.72°WBaitoa — 19.30°N, 70.80°WBaitoa — 19.35°N, 70.70°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WRio Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WQuebradillas Limestone — 18.50°N, 66.96°W

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The named rock units Strombus bifrons has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Strombus bifrons and its relatives

Miocene

Where Strombus bifrons and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

894 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 24 sites for Strombus bifrons, 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

5 references

Each of the 76 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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No picture of Strombus bifrons 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 Strombus bifrons, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Strombus bifrons 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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What may have been alongside itStrombus through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Sowerby 1850