Gymnothorax diagonalis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GymnothoraxPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Muraenidae
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB, for Muraenidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Muraenidae

Time the record covers

At least 7.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 41.03 Mya to 33.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 4 occurrencesEocene — about 3 of 4 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 4 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 1 of 4 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 4 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences43–41 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences41–39 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–9.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.8–6.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.1–4.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences41.03 Mya33.9 Mya57 Mya4 Mya

4 occurrences of Gymnothorax diagonalis 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

4 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

3 formations

Selsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WElmore — 50.80°N, 1.21°WCalcaire Grossier — 49.31°N, 2.25°E

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The named rock units Gymnothorax diagonalis 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.

Gymnothorax diagonalis and its relatives

Eocene

Where Gymnothorax diagonalis and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

187 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 4 sites for Gymnothorax diagonalis, 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 4 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 Gymnothorax diagonalis was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Gymnothorax diagonalis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. Stinton and Nolf 1970