Libytherium maurusium

Libytherium maurusium

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LibytheriumPBDB
Diet
grazer, browserPBDB, for Artiodactyla
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Artiodactyla
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At least 2.8 million years on record.

The record covers at least 3.6 Mya to 774 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 0 of 75 occurrencesMiocene — about 2 of 75 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 32 of 75 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 41 of 75 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.7–3.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 13 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 22 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 19 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 14 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.6 Mya – 774 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

75 occurrences of Libytherium maurusium on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

75 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

11 formations

Koobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.27°N, 36.29°EKoobi Fora — 3.94°N, 36.25°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.06°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EVogel River Series — 3.22°S, 35.22°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EOlduvai — 2.99°S, 35.34°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 3.68°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.10°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 4.16°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 3.93°N, 35.74°EHadar — 11.14°N, 40.58°ESagantole — 10.45°N, 40.45°ESagantole — 10.47°N, 40.50°EHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°EAdu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°E2 — 11.06°N, 42.28°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°ENkondo — 1.50°N, 31.00°E

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The named rock units Libytherium maurusium has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 6 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Libytherium maurusium and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Libytherium maurusium and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

450 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 75 sites for Libytherium maurusium, 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

22 references

Each of the 75 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. 10 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 Libytherium maurusium

Source
GBIF
Credit
via GBIF
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. (Pomel 1893)