Glyptosaurus

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

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GlyptosaurinaePBDB
Diet
insectivore, carnivorePBDB, for Anguidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Glyptosaurinae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Glyptosaurinae

Time the record covers

At least 17 million years on record.

The record covers at least 51.1 Mya to 33.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 23.04 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 65 occurrencesEocene — about 64 of 65 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 1 of 65 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 0 of 65 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 2 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 5 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 5 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 5 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 5 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 6 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 6 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 7 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 7 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 4 occurrences45–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–41 Mya — about 1 occurrence41–40 Mya — about 1 occurrence40–38 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–35 Mya — about 2 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences51.1 Mya33.9 Mya56.7 Mya22.4 Mya

65 occurrences of Glyptosaurus on record, most of them in the Eocene. 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

65 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

9 formations

Bridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.04°N, 110.23°WBridger — 41.24°N, 109.70°WBridger — 41.27°N, 110.34°WBridger — 41.37°N, 109.82°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.74°WWillwood — 44.28°N, 108.58°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.20°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 45.00°N, 109.05°WWillwood — 44.10°N, 108.20°WWillwood — 44.88°N, 108.78°WHuerfano — 37.80°N, 105.10°WHuerfano — 37.80°N, 105.20°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWasatch — 42.72°N, 110.10°WWasatch — 44.00°N, 106.60°WWind River — 43.13°N, 104.07°WWind River — 43.20°N, 108.20°WWind River — 43.20°N, 107.10°WWind River — 43.73°N, 107.76°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.40°WUinta — 40.20°N, 109.90°WUinta — 40.07°N, 109.28°WUinta — 40.06°N, 109.62°WGreen River — 40.20°N, 109.90°WGreen River — 41.80°N, 110.70°W? Tepee Trail — 43.90°N, 110.80°W

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The named rock units Glyptosaurus 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.

Glyptosaurus and its relatives

Eocene

Where Glyptosaurus and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

684 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 51 sites for Glyptosaurus, 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

18 references

Each of the 65 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. 6 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 Glyptosaurus was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Glyptosaurus 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 Glyptosaurus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Glyptosaurus 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. Marsh 1871