Macrorhizodus praecursor

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 14 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 33.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 23.04 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 62 occurrencesEocene — about 61 of 62 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 1 of 62 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 0 of 62 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 1 occurrence48–46 Mya — about 2 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 2 occurrences45–44 Mya — about 2 occurrences44–43 Mya — about 2 occurrences43–42 Mya — about 2 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 3 occurrences41–40 Mya — about 5 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 5 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 7 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 9 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 9 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 8 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences48.07 Mya33.9 Mya56.7 Mya22.4 Mya

62 occurrences of Macrorhizodus praecursor 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

62 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

30 formations

Gehannam — 29.31°N, 30.18°EGehannam — 29.36°N, 30.16°EGehannam — 29.33°N, 30.08°EGehannam — 29.30°N, 30.05°EBirket Qarun — 29.27°N, 30.06°EBirket Qarun — 29.27°N, 30.01°EBirket Qarun — 29.50°N, 30.56°ELa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.60°WLa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.67°WTallahatta — 31.31°N, 88.73°WTallahatta — 31.79°N, 88.32°WTallahatta — 31.37°N, 86.52°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 88.50°WGosport Sand — 31.59°N, 88.02°WLisbon — 31.36°N, 86.52°WLisbon — 31.75°N, 88.10°WSamlat — 23.36°N, 16.03°WRío Baguales — 50.73°S, 72.47°WOsinovaya — 48.40°N, 41.76°EOsinovaya — 48.38°N, 41.72°EQasr ElSagha — 29.32°N, 30.05°EQasr ElSagha — 29.30°N, 30.06°EJacksonian — 32.74°N, 83.50°WTaiba — 15.04°N, 16.82°WDaba'a — 29.16°N, 27.43°EMidawara — 29.08°N, 30.12°EQasr el-Sagha — 29.32°N, 30.05°EIlundain Marls — 42.77°N, 1.80°WAridal — 25.09°N, 13.89°WLas Flores — 50.74°S, 72.47°WRed Bluff Clay — 31.37°N, 87.48°WSahlab — 33.90°N, 52.41°EAmankizilit — 44.44°N, 51.20°ETavda — 44.78°N, 33.86°ECrescent — 47.59°N, 123.20°WWadi Esh-Shallala — 30.85°N, 35.85°E

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The named rock units Macrorhizodus praecursor has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 6 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Macrorhizodus praecursor and its relatives

Eocene

Where Macrorhizodus praecursor and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

475 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 40 sites for Macrorhizodus praecursor, 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

24 references

Each of the 62 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. 12 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 Macrorhizodus praecursor 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 Macrorhizodus praecursor, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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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. (Leriche 1905)