Aetobatis arcuatus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AetobatusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Myliobatiformes
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB, for Myliobatiformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Myliobatiformes

Time the record covers

At least 44 million years on record.

The record covers at least 56 Mya to 11.63 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 21 occurrencesPaleocene — about 1 of 21 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 2 of 21 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 5 of 21 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 12 of 21 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 21 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences61–59 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences59–57 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences55–52 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences44–42 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 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 3 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 3 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 5 occurrences13–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–8.3 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences8.3–6.2 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences6.2–4.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences56 Mya11.63 Mya67 Mya4 Mya

21 occurrences of Aetobatis arcuatus 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

21 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

9 formations

Malembo — 5.34°S, 12.18°EMalembo — 5.36°S, 12.18°ECalvert — 38.54°N, 76.70°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.81°WStudienka — 48.20°N, 17.98°ESaint Marys — 38.24°N, 76.50°WLeitha Limestone — 50.52°N, 20.53°EAquia — 38.50°N, 77.59°WNanjemoy — 38.41°N, 76.99°WBurgeschleinitz — 48.59°N, 15.81°EBerchem — 51.19°N, 4.42°E

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The named rock units Aetobatis arcuatus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 5 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Aetobatis arcuatus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Aetobatis arcuatus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

380 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 20 sites for Aetobatis arcuatus, 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

11 references

Each of the 21 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 Aetobatis arcuatus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Aetobatis arcuatus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Aetobatis arcuatus 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. Agassiz 1843