Fortunictis acerensis n. gen. n. sp.

Fortunictis is a fossil genus of metailurin machairodontine (saber-toothed) felid containing only one species, Fortunictis acerensis. Both the genus and species were described by paleontologist Joan Pons-Moyà in 1987 based on material from Casa del Acero in Spain, which is dated back to the Upper Miocene.

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Time the record covers

At most 3.7 million years on record.

The one occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 8.725 Mya and 5.09 Mya, which is a dating window rather than a span.

Miocene — about 1 of 1 occurrenceMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 1 occurrencePliocene8.8–8.6 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.6–8.5 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.5–8.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.3–8.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.1–8.0 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences8.0–7.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.8–7.7 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.7–7.5 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.5–7.4 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.4–7.2 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.2–7.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.1–6.9 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.9–6.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.8–6.6 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.6–6.4 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.4–6.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.3–6.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.1–6.0 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences6.0–5.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.8–5.7 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.7–5.5 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.5–5.4 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.4–5.2 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.2–5.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences9.22 Mya4.59 Mya

1 occurrence of Fortunictis acerensis n. gen. n. sp. on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

1 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.

Fortunictis acerensis n. gen. n. sp. and its relatives

Miocene

Where Fortunictis acerensis n. gen. n. sp. and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

14 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1 site for Fortunictis acerensis n. gen. n. sp., and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too.

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 reference

Each of the 1 occurrence 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. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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Picture of Fortunictis acerensis n. gen. n. sp.

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No 3D scan of Fortunictis acerensis n. gen. n. sp. 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.