Bovoidea

Bovoidea is a superfamily of pecoran ruminants containing the Bovidae and Moschidae. The Bovoidea today is defined in part by very specific dental and anatomical traits, and genetic research indicates that the Moschidae is the sister taxon to the Bovidae.

Bovoidea

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PecoraPBDB
Diet
grazer, browserPBDB, for Artiodactyla
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Artiodactyla
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At least 41 million years on record.

The record covers at least 41.03 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 6596 occurrencesPaleocene — about 0 of 6596 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 3 of 6596 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 16 of 6596 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 1155 of 6596 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 948 of 6596 occurrencesPleistocene — about 3832 of 6596 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences43–40 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 3 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 7 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 12 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 28 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 40 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 68 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 111 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 170 occurrences11–9.0 Mya — about 220 occurrences9.0–6.7 Mya — about 306 occurrences6.7–4.5 Mya — about 413 occurrences4.5–2.2 Mya — about 1286 occurrences2.2–0 Mya — about 3928 occurrences41.03 Mya11.7 ka67 Mya0 Mya

6,596 occurrences of Bovoidea on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. 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

6,596 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

263 formations

Koobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 3.86°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.23°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.36°EKoobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.34°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°EKoobi Fora — 4.06°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.95°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 3.73°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.70°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 3.57°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°ENachukui — 3.88°N, 35.72°ENachukui — 4.00°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 4.15°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.23°N, 35.81°ENachukui — 4.10°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 3.08°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.11°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.67°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.41°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.92°ENachukui — 3.68°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 3.95°N, 35.45°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.02°EShungura — 5.05°N, 36.01°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.06°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EVogel River Series — 3.22°S, 35.01°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.23°S, 36.19°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EOlduvai — 2.97°S, 35.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°EHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°EOlorgesailie — 1.57°S, 36.44°EChiwondo — 9.92°S, 34.92°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°EChiwondo — 9.83°S, 34.83°EChiwondo — 10.33°S, 34.17°EChiwondo — 10.00°S, 33.92°EChiwondo — 10.05°S, 33.96°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.45°EWehaietu — 10.73°N, 40.42°EWehaietu — 10.90°N, 40.47°EWehaietu — 10.72°N, 40.50°EWehaietu — 10.32°N, 40.55°EWehaietu — 10.63°N, 40.54°EMytilinii — 37.75°N, 26.89°EMytilinii — 37.74°N, 26.89°ENgorora — 0.90°N, 35.85°ESterkfontein — 26.02°S, 27.73°EHadar — 11.13°N, 40.59°EWembere-Manonga — 3.86°S, 33.71°EWembere-Manonga — 3.88°S, 33.85°EWembere-Manonga — 4.03°S, 33.77°EWembere-Manonga — 3.92°S, 33.87°EWembere-Manonga — 3.09°S, 33.73°EChemoigut — 0.65°N, 36.20°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EMakapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°EGebel Silsila-YCS — 24.50°N, 33.00°EKanapoi — 2.37°N, 36.08°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°EAdu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°EAdu-Asa — 10.37°N, 40.23°EAdu-Asa — 10.43°N, 40.42°ENubia — 16.25°N, 33.75°E

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The named rock units Bovoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 239 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3,325 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Bovoidea and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Bovoidea and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

2,171 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 593 sites for Bovoidea, and this reads 240 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

1,033 references

Each of the 6,596 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. 1,021 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 Bovoidea

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No 3D scan of Bovoidea 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.

The description on this site

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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. Gray 1821