Aelurodon taxoides

Aelurodon taxoides

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AelurodonPBDB
Diet
carnivore, omnivorePBDB, for Canidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Canidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 3.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 12.5 Mya to 9.4 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 3.6 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 67 occurrencesMiocene — about 66 of 67 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 67 occurrencesPliocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 10 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 13 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 13 occurrences11–9.9 Mya — about 13 occurrences9.9–9.2 Mya — about 10 occurrences9.2–8.6 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences8.6–7.9 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences7.9–7.2 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences7.2–6.5 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences6.5–5.8 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences5.8–5.1 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences5.1–4.5 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences4.5–3.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.8–3.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12.5 Mya9.4 Mya23.5 Mya3.1 Mya

67 occurrences of Aelurodon taxoides 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

67 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

13 formations

Ash Hollow — 42.60°N, 98.00°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 100.80°WAsh Hollow — 43.20°N, 100.70°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 100.00°WAsh Hollow — 41.50°N, 103.80°WAsh Hollow — 43.40°N, 100.60°WAsh Hollow — 42.80°N, 99.70°WAsh Hollow — 42.70°N, 102.50°WGoliad — 28.60°N, 97.70°WGoliad — 28.34°N, 97.96°WGoliad — 28.53°N, 97.74°WSnake Creek — 42.40°N, 103.80°WOgallala — 35.70°N, 102.30°WOgallala — 35.40°N, 101.40°WRepublican River — 39.70°N, 99.10°WCoetas — 35.40°N, 101.90°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WLaverne — 36.80°N, 100.50°WPeace River — 27.90°N, 81.80°WEsmeralda — 38.25°N, 117.90°WGreen Valley — 37.81°N, 121.91°WTesuque — 36.50°N, 107.00°Wreferred Chamita — 36.50°N, 107.00°W

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The named rock units Aelurodon taxoides has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 12 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Aelurodon taxoides and its relatives

Miocene

Where Aelurodon taxoides and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

244 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 66 sites for Aelurodon taxoides, 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

15 references

Each of the 67 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. 3 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 content3

Picture of Aelurodon taxoides

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Laser scan

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In Copyright
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Specimen
Aelurodon taxoides · YPM:VP:10635

3D model

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Sketchfab
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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. Hatcher 1894