Macrurulus

No picture of Macrurulus was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia and 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 Macrurulus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MerlucciidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Gadiformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Gadiformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Gadiformes

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 56 Mya to 42.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 39.1 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 14 occurrencesPaleocene — about 1 of 14 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 13 of 14 occurrencesEocene67–66 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences66–65 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences65–64 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences64–63 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences63–62 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences62–61 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences61–60 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences60–59 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences59–58 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences58–57 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences53–53 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences48–47 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences47–46 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences46–45 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences45–44 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences44–43 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences43–42 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 2 occurrences41–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–39 Mya — about 2 occurrences39–39 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences56 Mya42.6 Mya66.5 Mya38.6 Mya

14 occurrences of Macrurulus 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

14 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

Otaio Gorge Sandstone — 44.52°S, 170.93°EWaihao Greensand — 44.40°S, 171.04°EWangaloa — 46.27°S, 169.98°E

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The named rock units Macrurulus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 9 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Macrurulus and its relatives

Eocene

Where Macrurulus and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

85 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 11 sites for Macrurulus, 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

2 references

Each of the 14 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

Media content0

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

Wikipedia and 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 Macrurulus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Macrurulus was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was 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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What may have been alongside itMerlucciidae through timeFormations of the EoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Schwarzhans 1980