Dorcatherium majus

Dorcatherium majus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DorcatheriumPBDB
Diet
frugivore, grazerPBDB, for Tragulidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Tragulidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At most 21 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 23.04 Mya and 2.58 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Oligocene — about 0 of 7 occurrencesMiocene — about 7 of 7 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 7 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 7 occurrences24–23 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 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–9.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.9–9.2 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.2–8.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.5–7.8 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.1–6.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences6.4–5.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences5.7–4.9 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.9–4.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.2–3.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.5–2.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences2.8–2.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23.5 Mya2.1 Mya

7 occurrences of Dorcatherium majus 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

7 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

4 formations

Chinji — 32.68°N, 72.37°EChinji — 32.79°N, 72.93°ENagri — 32.77°N, 72.50°EDhok Pathan — 33.63°N, 72.52°EUpper — 32.89°N, 73.20°E

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The named rock units Dorcatherium majus 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.

Dorcatherium majus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Dorcatherium majus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

67 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 6 sites for Dorcatherium majus, 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

3 references

Each of the 7 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. 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 content2

Picture of Dorcatherium majus

Source
iDigBio
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via iDigBio
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CC0
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Structured light scan

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In Copyright
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Specimen
Dorcatherium majus · pu:vpl:RS33

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. Lydekker 1876