Pelorovis turkanensis

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

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PelorovisPBDB
Diet
grazer, browserPBDB, for Bovidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Bovidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At most 1.9 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 2.58 Mya and 774 ka, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Pliocene — about 0 of 27 occurrencesPleistocene — about 27 of 27 occurrencesPleistocene2.6–2.5 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences2.5–2.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.4–2.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.3–2.2 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.2–2.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.1–2.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.1–2.0 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.0–1.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.9–1.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.8–1.7 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.7–1.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.6–1.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.5–1.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.4–1.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.3–1.2 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.2–1.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.1–1.0 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.0–929 ka Mya — about 1 occurrence929 ka–835 ka Mya — about 1 occurrence835 ka–742 ka Mya — about 0.9 occurrences3.08 Mya274 ka

27 occurrences of Pelorovis turkanensis on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

27 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

1 formation

Koobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.22°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.89°N, 36.29°E

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The named rock units Pelorovis turkanensis 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.

Pelorovis turkanensis and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Pelorovis turkanensis and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

130 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 27 sites for Pelorovis turkanensis, 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 27 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 content0

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

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

No 3D scan of Pelorovis turkanensis 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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What may have been alongside itPelorovis through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Harris 1991