Globidonta

Globidonta is a clade of alligatoroids that includes alligators, caimans, and closely related extinct forms. It is defined as a stem-based clade including Alligator mississippiensis and all forms more closely related to it than to Diplocynodon. The group's fossil range extends back into the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous with early alligatoroids such as Albertochampsa and Brachychampsa. Extinct globidontans were particularly common in North America and Eurasia, and their modern range also includes South America.

Globidonta

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AlligatoroideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Crocodylia
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
marinePBDB, for Mesoeucrocodylia

Time the record covers

At least 89 million years on record.

The record covers at least 89.8 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 93.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 173 of 728 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 52 of 728 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 156 of 728 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 23 of 728 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 235 of 728 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 12 of 728 occurrencesPleistocene — about 53 of 728 occurrences96–93 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences93–89 Mya — about 1 occurrence86–83 Mya — about 3 occurrences83–80 Mya — about 14 occurrences80–77 Mya — about 14 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 14 occurrences73–70 Mya — about 44 occurrences70–67 Mya — about 63 occurrences67–64 Mya — about 41 occurrences64–61 Mya — about 15 occurrences61–57 Mya — about 7 occurrences57–54 Mya — about 44 occurrences54–51 Mya — about 64 occurrences51–48 Mya — about 12 occurrences48–45 Mya — about 11 occurrences45–42 Mya — about 8 occurrences42–38 Mya — about 7 occurrences38–35 Mya — about 14 occurrences35–32 Mya — about 10 occurrences32–29 Mya — about 7 occurrences29–26 Mya — about 7 occurrences26–22 Mya — about 6 occurrences22–19 Mya — about 8 occurrences19–16 Mya — about 26 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 47 occurrences13–9.6 Mya — about 77 occurrences9.6–6.4 Mya — about 61 occurrences6.4–3.2 Mya — about 24 occurrences3.2–0 Mya — about 81 occurrences89.8 Mya11.7 ka96 Mya0 Mya

728 occurrences of Globidonta on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

728 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

126 formations

Willwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.63°N, 108.89°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.62°WWillwood — 44.51°N, 108.68°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.43°WWillwood — 44.37°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.41°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.72°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.57°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.67°N, 108.80°WWillwood — 44.82°N, 109.05°WWillwood — 44.10°N, 108.03°WWillwood — 44.28°N, 108.58°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.95°N, 105.63°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WUrumaco — 11.22°N, 70.24°WUrumaco — 11.24°N, 70.31°WUrumaco — 11.27°N, 70.22°WUrumaco — 11.38°N, 69.93°WUrumaco — 11.17°S, 70.30°WPebas — 3.99°S, 73.17°WPebas — 4.01°S, 73.37°WPebas — 4.30°S, 73.46°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WPebas — 2.81°S, 73.55°WPebas — 3.74°S, 73.25°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WSolimões — 8.78°S, 68.90°WSolimões — 10.13°S, 67.81°WSolimões — 8.16°S, 70.55°WSolimões — 9.05°S, 68.77°WSolimões — 10.95°S, 69.66°WSolimões — 10.95°S, 69.65°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.52°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.31°WSolimões — 9.20°S, 72.72°WSolimões — 8.37°S, 72.81°WSolimões — 11.00°S, 68.77°WSolimões — 8.79°S, 67.50°WSolimões — 6.50°S, 69.67°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.62°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.65°WLance — 43.28°N, 104.53°WLance — 45.67°N, 101.48°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.46°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 6.58°S, 76.28°WSolimoes — 10.12°S, 66.88°WSolimoes — 8.18°S, 70.48°WSolimoes — 9.07°S, 68.66°WSolimoes — 9.02°S, 68.81°WSolimoes — 7.66°S, 72.54°WSolimoes — 10.94°S, 69.34°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 44.69°N, 108.36°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WVillavieja — 3.26°N, 75.19°WVillavieja — 3.25°N, 75.17°WChadron — 43.60°N, 102.45°WChadron — 43.68°N, 102.82°WChadron — 43.75°N, 102.77°WChadron — 43.78°N, 102.70°WChadron — 43.78°N, 102.55°WChadron — 42.78°N, 103.57°WItuzaingo — 31.48°S, 60.23°WItuzaingo — 31.70°S, 60.48°WNorth Horn — 39.18°N, 111.27°WNorth Horn — 39.10°N, 111.80°WNorth Horn — 39.00°N, 111.00°WBridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 41.13°N, 110.13°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.27°N, 110.34°WFleming — 31.00°N, 93.40°WFleming — 30.50°N, 95.00°WFleming — 30.68°N, 95.05°WFleming — 30.61°N, 95.13°WFleming — 30.75°N, 95.27°WFleming — 30.59°N, 94.91°WSalamanca — 45.50°S, 67.18°WSalamanca — 45.23°S, 67.10°WSalamanca — 45.07°S, 66.98°WCastillo — 10.37°N, 70.05°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WAguja — 29.10°N, 103.17°WAguja — 29.30°N, 103.57°WGoliad — 28.60°N, 97.70°WGoliad — 28.53°N, 97.74°WGoliad — 28.34°N, 97.96°WGreen River — 40.20°N, 109.90°WGreen River — 41.20°N, 110.50°WGreen River — 43.24°N, 108.11°WGreen River — 43.91°N, 109.71°WGreen River — 42.13°N, 110.13°WAlachua — 29.10°N, 82.30°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°WAlachua — 29.70°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.65°N, 82.60°W

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The named rock units Globidonta has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 102 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 106 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Globidonta and its relatives

Miocene

Where Globidonta and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,556 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 580 sites for Globidonta, 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

265 references

Each of the 728 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. 253 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 content1

Picture of Globidonta

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No 3D scan of Globidonta 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. Brochu 1999