Elasmobranchii

Elasmobranchii

Uncredited · via Wikidata/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
Also called
elasmobranchPBDB
Sits inside
ChondrichthyesPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Chondrichthyes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Chondrichthyes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Chondrichthyes

Time the record covers

At least 399 million years on record.

The record covers at least 399.5 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 419.62 Mya to 0 Mya.

Silurian — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesDevonian — about 17 of 12000 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 131 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 247 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 154 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 497 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 657 of 12000 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 210 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 169 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 227 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 451 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 2462 of 12000 occurrencesPaleocene — about 317 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 2352 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 403 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 3083 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 433 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 186 of 12000 occurrences428–414 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences414–399 Mya — about 5 occurrences399–385 Mya — about 2 occurrences385–371 Mya — about 6 occurrences371–357 Mya — about 6 occurrences357–342 Mya — about 14 occurrences342–328 Mya — about 32 occurrences328–314 Mya — about 22 occurrences314–300 Mya — about 61 occurrences300–285 Mya — about 51 occurrences285–271 Mya — about 31 occurrences271–257 Mya — about 133 occurrences257–243 Mya — about 291 occurrences243–228 Mya — about 541 occurrences228–214 Mya — about 173 occurrences214–200 Mya — about 354 occurrences200–185 Mya — about 86 occurrences185–171 Mya — about 127 occurrences171–157 Mya — about 162 occurrences157–143 Mya — about 216 occurrences143–128 Mya — about 190 occurrences128–114 Mya — about 105 occurrences114–100 Mya — about 178 occurrences100–86 Mya — about 391 occurrences86–71 Mya — about 1499 occurrences71–57 Mya — about 803 occurrences57–43 Mya — about 1092 occurrences43–29 Mya — about 1504 occurrences29–14 Mya — about 1449 occurrences14–0 Mya — about 2477 occurrences399.5 Mya11.7 ka428 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Elasmobranchii on record. 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

12,000 occurrences read

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. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 949 formations

Laird — 56.16°N, 122.55°WLaird — 56.10°N, 122.87°WLaird — 56.07°N, 123.16°WMesaverde — 42.85°N, 107.28°WMesaverde — 44.08°N, 107.74°WMesaverde — 44.10°N, 107.75°WMesaverde — 44.17°N, 107.81°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.73°WCalvert — 37.93°N, 77.51°WCalvert — 38.60°N, 76.51°WCalvert — 38.74°N, 76.56°WCalvert — 38.38°N, 76.99°WCalvert — 38.55°N, 76.52°WCalvert — 38.67°N, 76.53°WCalvert — 38.18°N, 76.97°WCalvert — 38.75°N, 76.97°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.81°WCalvert — 37.77°N, 77.28°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 37.54°N, 77.44°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WSelsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WPardonet — 56.13°N, 123.08°WPardonet — 56.08°N, 123.04°WPardonet — 56.10°N, 122.87°WPardonet — 56.48°N, 122.89°WPardonet — 56.10°N, 122.72°WPardonet — 56.02°N, 123.08°WPardonet — 56.07°N, 123.16°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 51.85°N, 1.27°ELondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ELondon Clay — 51.53°N, 0.31°ELondon Clay — 51.45°N, 0.13°WLondon Clay — 51.62°N, 0.07°WLondon Clay — 51.60°N, 0.19°WLondon Clay — 51.45°N, 0.16°WLondon Clay — 51.27°N, 0.40°WLondon Clay — 51.38°N, 0.24°WLondon Clay — 51.37°N, 1.08°ELondon Clay — 51.65°N, 0.07°ELondon Clay — 51.53°N, 0.70°ELondon Clay — 51.42°N, 0.75°WLondon Clay — 51.25°N, 0.93°WLondon Clay — 51.90°N, 1.62°WLondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 50.88°N, 1.30°WLondon Clay — 50.93°N, 1.48°WLondon Clay — 50.80°N, 1.67°WLondon Clay — 51.07°N, 1.74°WLondon Clay — 51.64°N, 0.78°EGehannam — 29.30°N, 30.05°EGehannam — 29.31°N, 30.18°EGehannam — 29.36°N, 30.16°EGehannam — 29.33°N, 30.08°EQasr el-Sagha — 29.60°N, 30.67°EQasr el-Sagha — 29.66°N, 30.74°EQasr el-Sagha — 29.32°N, 30.05°EQasr el-Sagha — 29.27°N, 30.01°EBirket Qarun — 29.28°N, 30.04°EBirket Qarun — 29.27°N, 30.06°EChucunaque — 9.14°N, 79.75°WChucunaque — 9.13°N, 78.75°WChucunaque — 9.15°N, 78.78°WEsbarrondadoiro — 38.11°N, 8.36°WEsbarrondadoiro — 38.17°N, 8.17°WEsbarrondadoiro — 39.30°N, 8.12°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 46.03°N, 103.77°WHell Creek — 46.21°N, 103.77°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.27°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 104.01°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.89°N, 104.55°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WDurlston — 50.60°N, 1.95°WDurlston — 50.62°N, 2.25°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.80°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.84°WGatun — 9.28°N, 79.89°WJudith River — 46.47°N, 109.30°WJudith River — 46.46°N, 109.41°WJudith River — 46.10°N, 109.10°WJudith River — 48.03°N, 109.01°WJudith River — 47.79°N, 108.94°WJudith River — 48.01°N, 108.91°WJudith River — 48.58°N, 109.22°WJudith River — 48.05°N, 106.32°WJudith River — 48.53°N, 109.67°WJudith River — 47.87°N, 109.15°WJudith River — 48.25°N, 109.30°WJudith River — 46.76°N, 108.00°WJudith River — 47.74°N, 108.96°WJudith River — 43.64°N, 109.35°WMarshalltown — 40.30°N, 74.30°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.65°WBaldonnel — 56.08°N, 123.04°WBaldonnel — 56.10°N, 122.87°WBaldonnel — 56.10°N, 122.72°WElmore — 50.80°N, 1.20°WKhuff — 20.86°N, 57.60°EKhuff — 21.00°N, 57.66°ESamlat — 23.36°N, 16.03°WNanjemoy — 38.87°N, 78.51°WNanjemoy — 38.40°N, 76.99°WNanjemoy — 38.43°N, 77.18°WNanjemoy — 38.28°N, 77.37°WNanjemoy — 38.38°N, 77.06°WNanjemoy — 37.29°N, 77.24°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.32°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.48°WDinosaur Park — 50.74°N, 111.49°WDinosaur Park — 50.79°N, 111.62°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WYazoo — 31.66°N, 92.90°WYazoo — 31.82°N, 92.33°WYazoo — 32.27°N, 89.39°WYazoo — 31.71°N, 87.96°WYazoo — 31.93°N, 88.46°WYazoo — 32.07°N, 88.96°WYazoo — 31.93°N, 91.94°WYazoo — 32.83°N, 90.38°WCañete — 39.87°N, 1.48°WCañete — 39.61°N, 0.77°WCañete — 39.91°N, 1.37°WCañete — 40.93°N, 0.23°WCañete — 39.38°N, 0.78°WCañete — 39.14°N, 1.07°W

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The named rock units Elasmobranchii has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 925 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2,584 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

3,341 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 562 sites for Elasmobranchii, 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

at least 1,438 references

Each of the 12,000 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. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 1,426 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 content2

Picture of Elasmobranchii

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

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. (Bonaparte 1838)