Sclerotites brandonianus

No picture of Sclerotites brandonianus was found. Wikipedia and Wikidata were searched and had none. iDigBio and GBIF were not searched: the Paleobiology Database does not place Sclerotites brandonianus firmly enough to tell it from something else bearing the same name, and a search on the name alone returns whichever of them was photographed. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SclerotitesPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 32 million years on record.

The record covers at least 56 Mya to 23.04 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 59.24 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Paleocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesEocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesMiocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 3 occurrences60–58 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences58–57 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–49 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences43–42 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–12 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences12–9.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.9–8.0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.0–6.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.1–4.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences56 Mya23.04 Mya60 Mya4 Mya

3 occurrences of Sclerotites brandonianus on record. 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

3 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

Palana — 27.84°N, 73.26°ENeyveli — 11.54°N, 79.48°ETura — 25.97°N, 90.89°E

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The named rock units Sclerotites brandonianus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Found in the same rock

191 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Sclerotites brandonianus, 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

1 reference

Each of the 3 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 Sclerotites brandonianus was found. Wikipedia and Wikidata were searched and had none.

iDigBio and GBIF were not searched: the Paleobiology Database does not place Sclerotites brandonianus firmly enough to tell it from something else bearing the same name, and a search on the name alone returns whichever of them was photographed.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

No 3D scan of Sclerotites brandonianus 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Jeffrey and Chrysler 1906