Cosmopolitodus planus

No picture of Cosmopolitodus planus was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Cosmopolitodus planus itself, so it was not used. 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 Cosmopolitodus planus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CosmopolitodusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Lamniformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Lamniformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Lamniformes

Time the record covers

At least 17 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 3.6 Mya.

Oligocene — about 1 of 29 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 26 of 29 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 2 of 29 occurrencesPliocene28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences25–25 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 4 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 4 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences11–9.7 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences9.7–8.9 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences8.9–8.0 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences8.0–7.2 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences7.2–6.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences6.4–5.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences5.6–4.7 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23.04 Mya5.333 Mya27.8 Mya3.1 Mya

29 occurrences of Cosmopolitodus planus 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

29 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

24 formations

Santa Margarita — 37.05°N, 122.04°WKurahara — 36.58°N, 136.83°EKurahara — 36.68°N, 136.83°EDuho — 36.10°N, 129.40°EPort Campbell Limestone — 37.72°S, 141.93°EJan Juc — 38.33°S, 144.30°EBatesford Limestone — 38.09°S, 144.28°EMonterey — 33.60°N, 117.70°WRosarito Beach — 32.12°N, 116.80°WEmpire — 43.31°N, 124.32°W"Topanga" — 33.66°N, 117.63°WSan Diego — 32.49°N, 117.12°WTemblor — 35.47°N, 118.91°WWajimazaki — 37.40°N, 136.90°EAndaibara — 37.32°N, 136.78°ESekinobana — 37.21°N, 136.69°EMaenami — 37.21°N, 137.07°EHannoura — 37.11°N, 137.95°ESuso — 37.12°N, 137.95°EHorimatsu — 37.45°N, 136.81°EPuente — 33.84°N, 117.82°WFujina — 35.48°N, 133.06°EMoniwa — 38.20°N, 140.85°EChekhov — 47.67°N, 142.00°EKurasi — 47.87°N, 142.10°E

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The named rock units Cosmopolitodus planus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cosmopolitodus planus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Cosmopolitodus planus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

338 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 28 sites for Cosmopolitodus planus, 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

16 references

Each of the 29 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. 4 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 content0

No picture of Cosmopolitodus planus was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Cosmopolitodus planus itself, so it was not used.

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 Cosmopolitodus planus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Cosmopolitodus planus 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. (Agassiz 1856)