Anancus

Anancus is an extinct genus of "tetralophodont gomphothere" native to Afro-Eurasia, that lived from the Tortonian stage of the late Miocene until its extinction during the Early Pleistocene, roughly from 8.5–2 million years ago.

Anancus

Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/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.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AnancinaePBDB
Diet
browserPBDB, for Gomphotheriidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Gomphotheriidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 4.5 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 774 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 174 occurrencesMiocene — about 30 of 174 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 111 of 174 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 33 of 174 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 1 occurrence11–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 3 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 4 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 7 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 7 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 23 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 30 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 35 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 30 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 18 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 6 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 4 occurrences5.333 Mya774 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

174 occurrences of Anancus 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

174 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

30 formations

Adu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°EAdu-Asa — 10.37°N, 40.23°EAdu-Asa — 10.43°N, 40.42°ESagantole — 10.62°N, 40.58°ESagantole — 10.63°N, 40.54°ESagantole — 10.47°N, 40.50°ESagantole — 10.45°N, 40.45°EWembere-Manonga — 3.88°S, 33.72°EWembere-Manonga — 3.92°S, 33.82°EWembere-Manonga — 3.93°S, 33.87°EWembere-Manonga — 4.03°S, 33.78°EWembere-Manonga — 3.09°S, 33.73°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVillamagna — 43.64°N, 10.74°EVillamagna — 43.63°N, 10.79°EChemeron — 0.67°N, 35.83°ELukeino — 0.50°N, 35.67°EChiwondo — 9.83°S, 34.83°EChiwondo — 10.33°S, 34.17°EChiwondo — 10.05°S, 33.96°EKanapoi — 2.37°N, 36.08°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°ENkondo — 1.50°N, 31.00°ESabbie di S. Giusto — 43.65°N, 10.88°ESabbie di S. Giusto — 43.61°N, 10.71°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EMpesida — 0.83°N, 35.83°ENawata — 2.90°N, 36.05°ENawata or Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EKhapry — 47.24°N, 39.71°EVenta del Moro-Villatoya — 39.48°N, 1.35°WKarboliya — 45.99°N, 28.30°EKarbolia — 45.53°N, 28.44°ENagrota — 32.70°N, 74.85°EWestkapelle Ground — 51.62°N, 3.88°ENorwich Crag — 52.31°N, 1.40°EKuyal'nikian — 46.46°N, 30.73°E

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The named rock units Anancus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 6 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 108 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Anancus and its relatives

Pliocene

Where Anancus and its relatives were recorded in the Pliocene.

Found in the same rock

1,088 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 168 sites for Anancus, 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

86 references

Each of the 174 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. 74 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 content3

Picture of Anancus

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Ghedoghedo
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CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
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Photogrammetry

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In Copyright
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Specimen
Anancus arvernensis · msn_fir:mgp:IGF 327

3D model

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Sketchfab
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The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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. Aymard 1855