Lavocatodus giganteus

Lavocatodus is an extinct genus of freshwater lungfish from northern Africa. Its remains are found in geological formations dating from the Late Cretaceous to the Eocene. Some researchers included Lavocatodus within the family Lepidosirenidae, but Longrich (2017) recovered both Lavocatodus and Xenoceratodus within a separate family Lavocatodidae.

No picture of Lavocatodus giganteus was found. Wikipedia and Wikidata were searched and had none. iDigBio and GBIF were not searched: the Paleobiology Database does not place Lavocatodus giganteus firmly enough to tell it from something else bearing the same name, and a search on the name alone returns whichever of them was photographed. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 66 Mya to 56 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 72.2 Mya to 48.07 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 2 of 5 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 2 of 5 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 1 of 5 occurrencesEocene73–72 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences72–71 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences71–70 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences70–69 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences69–69 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences69–68 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences68–67 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences67–66 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences62–61 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences61–60 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences60–59 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences59–58 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences58–58 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences58–57 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences57–56 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences56–55 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences55–54 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences54–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–52 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences52–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–49 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences48–48 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences66 Mya56 Mya72.7 Mya47.6 Mya

5 occurrences of Lavocatodus giganteus on record. 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

5 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

Ménaka — 16.75°N, 2.50°EMénaka — 18.33°N, 2.00°ETeberemt — 16.67°N, 0.50°ETamaguélelt — 17.59°N, 0.25°E

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The named rock units Lavocatodus giganteus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Found in the same rock

66 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 5 sites for Lavocatodus giganteus, 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

1 reference

Each of the 5 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. Each entry links to doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

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No picture of Lavocatodus giganteus was found. Wikipedia and Wikidata were searched and had none.

iDigBio and GBIF were not searched: the Paleobiology Database does not place Lavocatodus giganteus firmly enough to tell it from something else bearing the same name, and a search on the name alone returns whichever of them was photographed.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

No 3D scan of Lavocatodus giganteus 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.

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.