Emydops arctatus

No picture of Emydops arctatus was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Emydops arctatus itself, so it was not used. 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 Emydops arctatus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EmydopsPBDB
Diet
herbivorePBDB, for Emydops
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Amniota

Time the record covers

At most 23 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 274.4 Mya and 251.902 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Permian — about 12 of 12 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 12 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences274–273 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences273–273 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences273–272 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences271–270 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences270–269 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences269–269 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences269–268 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences268–267 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences266–266 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences266–265 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences265–264 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences264–263 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences263–262 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences262–262 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences262–261 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences261–260 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences260–259 Mya — about 1 occurrence259–258 Mya — about 1 occurrence258–258 Mya — about 1 occurrence258–257 Mya — about 1 occurrence257–256 Mya — about 1 occurrence256–255 Mya — about 1 occurrence255–255 Mya — about 1 occurrence255–254 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences254–253 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences253–252 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences252–251 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences274.9 Mya251.4 Mya

12 occurrences of Emydops arctatus on record, most of them in the Permian. 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 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

3 formations

Teekloof — 32.22°S, 21.64°EAbrahamskraal — 32.35°S, 22.58°EBalfour — 31.95°S, 23.77°E

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The named rock units Emydops arctatus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Emydops arctatus and its relatives

Permian

Where Emydops arctatus and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Emydops arctatus, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

5 references

Each of the 12 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. 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 content0

No picture of Emydops arctatus was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Emydops arctatus itself, so it was not used.

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 Emydops arctatus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Emydops arctatus 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.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itEmydops through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Owen 1876)