Pusio

A picture published with the record for Pusio. What it shows has not been checked.

Reeve, 1846 · CC0 · via Wikidata/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

Time the record covers

At least 37 million years on record.

The record covers at least 37.71 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 48.07 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 1 of 167 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 2 of 167 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 49 of 167 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 84 of 167 occurrencesPleistocene — about 31 of 167 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences47–46 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences42–41 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences41–39 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences39–38 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences28–26 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 1 occurrence21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 10 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 8 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.8–8.2 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.2–6.5 Mya — about 7 occurrences6.5–4.9 Mya — about 17 occurrences4.9–3.3 Mya — about 38 occurrences3.3–1.6 Mya — about 53 occurrences1.6–0 Mya — about 18 occurrences37.71 Mya129 ka49 Mya0 Mya

167 occurrences of Pusio on record, most of them in the Pliocene. 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

167 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

22 formations

Pico — 33.94°N, 117.89°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.51°WPico — 34.37°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.74°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.49°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPancho Rico — 36.18°N, 121.18°WPancho Rico — 35.90°N, 120.84°WPancho Rico — 35.99°N, 120.91°WPancho Rico — 36.00°N, 120.45°WPancho Rico — 35.73°N, 120.81°WPancho Rico — 36.34°N, 121.02°WPancho Rico — 36.10°N, 120.88°WPancho Rico — 36.00°N, 120.75°WPancho Rico — 35.94°N, 120.68°WPancho Rico — 35.97°N, 120.73°WPancho Rico — 36.13°N, 120.73°WAstoria — 44.73°N, 124.06°WAstoria — 46.19°N, 123.83°WAstoria — 43.40°N, 124.28°WUnnamed — 33.24°N, 119.51°WUnnamed — 33.24°N, 119.55°WOlcese — 35.45°N, 118.87°WOlcese — 35.45°N, 118.87°WTowsley — 34.36°N, 118.51°WTowsley — 34.34°N, 118.54°WLomita Marl — 33.75°N, 118.30°WJacalitos — 36.08°N, 120.48°WJacalitos — 36.04°N, 120.39°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.74°N, 120.41°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.90°N, 120.32°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.77°N, 120.48°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.88°N, 120.51°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.71°N, 118.27°WEtchegoin — 36.25°N, 120.31°WEtchegoin — 36.23°N, 120.33°WEtchegoin — 36.06°N, 120.45°WTemblor — 35.50°N, 119.78°WTemblor — 35.88°N, 120.10°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WSan Margarita — 37.06°N, 122.06°WSan Pedro — 33.93°N, 117.95°WFoxen Mudstone — 34.89°N, 120.55°WMarkley — 38.47°N, 122.04°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WSaugus — 34.31°N, 118.99°WRound Mountain Silt — 35.44°N, 118.81°WJewett — 35.49°N, 118.83°WRound Mountain — 35.41°N, 118.82°W

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The named rock units Pusio has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pusio and its relatives

Pliocene

Where Pusio and its relatives were recorded in the Pliocene.

Found in the same rock

1,283 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 122 sites for Pusio, 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

33 references

Each of the 167 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. 21 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 content1

Picture of Pusio

Credit
Reeve, 1846
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

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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