Eomysticetidae

Eomysticetidae is a family of extinct mysticetes belonging to Chaeomysticeti. It is one of two families in the basal chaeomysticete clade Eomysticetoidea.

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ChaeomysticetiPBDB
Diet
carnivore, suspension feederPBDB, for Mysticeti
Life habit
aquaticPBDB, for Mysticeti
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Cetacea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Mysticeti

Time the record covers

At least 4.2 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 23.04 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 34.6 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 31 occurrencesOligocene — about 29 of 31 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 2 of 31 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 31 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 2 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 8 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 8 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 3 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 3 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences9.8–8.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.8–7.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.8–6.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.8–5.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.8–4.7 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences27.3 Mya23.04 Mya35.2 Mya4.7 Mya

31 occurrences of Eomysticetidae on record, most of them in the Oligocene. 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

31 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

10 formations

Otekaike Limestone — 44.96°S, 170.65°EOtekaike Limestone — 44.66°S, 170.65°EOtekaike Limestone — 44.89°S, 170.66°EOtekaike Limestone — 44.86°S, 170.62°EOtekaike Limestone — 42.69°S, 173.26°EKokoamu Greensand — 44.87°S, 170.71°EKokoamu Greensand — 44.80°S, 170.97°EKokoamu Greensand — 44.64°S, 170.65°EKokoamu Greensand — 44.87°S, 170.62°EKokoamu Greensand — 43.39°S, 171.27°EAshley — 32.97°N, 80.15°WAshley — 32.96°N, 80.15°WChandler Bridge — 32.88°N, 80.16°WChandler Bridge — 32.98°N, 80.18°WEl Cien — 24.47°N, 110.70°WEl Cien — 24.35°N, 110.99°WSan Gregorio — 26.15°N, 112.25°WSan Gregorio — 26.20°N, 112.06°WMeeressande — 51.32°N, 6.68°EJinnobaru — 33.92°N, 130.67°EOld Church — 37.63°N, 77.13°WJan Juc — 38.20°S, 144.27°E

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The named rock units Eomysticetidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Eomysticetidae and its relatives

Oligocene

Where Eomysticetidae and its relatives were recorded in the Oligocene.

Found in the same rock

120 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 26 sites for Eomysticetidae, 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

18 references

Each of the 31 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. 6 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 content0

No picture of Eomysticetidae 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 Eomysticetidae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Eomysticetidae 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.

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. Sanders and Barnes 2002