Serrasalminae indet.

A piranha is any of a number of freshwater fish species in the subfamily Serrasalminae, of the family Serrasalmidae, in the order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, floodplains, lakes and reservoirs. Although often described as extremely predatory and mainly feeding on fish, their dietary habits vary extensively, and they will also take plant material, leading to their classification as omnivorous.

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Time the record covers

At least 54 million years on record.

The record covers at least 66 Mya to 11.63 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 72.2 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 2 of 39 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 1 of 39 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 10 of 39 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 13 of 39 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 14 of 39 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 39 occurrences74–71 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences71–69 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences69–67 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences67–64 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences60–57 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences53–50 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–41 Mya — about 1 occurrence41–39 Mya — about 1 occurrence39–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–34 Mya — about 1 occurrence34–32 Mya — about 2 occurrences32–29 Mya — about 2 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 3 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 3 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–20 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–11 Mya — about 2 occurrences11–8.6 Mya — about 4 occurrences8.6–6.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences6.3–4.0 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences66 Mya11.63 Mya74 Mya4 Mya

39 occurrences of Serrasalminae indet. on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

39 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

6 formations

Pozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 6.57°S, 76.27°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WChambira — 7.32°S, 74.93°WChambira — 7.35°S, 74.96°WEl Molino — 17.69°S, 65.94°WMuñani — 15.73°S, 70.17°WIpururo — 7.34°S, 74.95°W

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

Serrasalminae indet. and its relatives

Miocene

Where Serrasalminae indet. and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

235 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 29 sites for Serrasalminae indet., 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

4 references

Each of the 39 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 doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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No 3D scan of Serrasalminae indet. 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.

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