Geochelone sulcata

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

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
African spurred tortoisePBDB
Sits inside
GeochelonePBDB
Diet
herbivore, herbivorePBDB, for Testudinidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Testudinidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Testudinidae

Time the record covers

At least 5.3 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 11.63 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 5 of 8 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 8 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 8 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 2 of 8 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences10–9.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.7–9.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.3–8.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.9–8.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.5–8.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.1–7.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.7–7.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.3–6.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences6.9–6.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences6.5–6.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences6.1–5.7 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences5.7–5.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.8–2.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences2.4–2.0 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences2.0–1.6 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences1.6–1.2 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences1.2–809 ka Mya — about 0.2 occurrences809 ka–404 ka Mya — about 0.2 occurrences404 ka–0 Mya — about 2 occurrences5.333 Mya11.7 ka12.1 Mya0 Mya

8 occurrences of Geochelone sulcata 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

8 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

2 formations

Baynunah — 23.07°N, 52.53°EBaynunah — 24.18°N, 52.57°EBaynunah — 24.12°N, 53.01°EBaynunah — 24.11°N, 52.44°ENubia — 16.25°N, 33.75°E

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The named rock units Geochelone sulcata 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.

Found in the same rock

36 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 8 sites for Geochelone sulcata, 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

3 references

Each of the 8 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 Geochelone sulcata was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Geochelone sulcata 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 Geochelone sulcata, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Geochelone sulcata 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Miller 1779