Lissodus africanus

No picture of Lissodus africanus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. 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 Lissodus africanus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LissodusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Chondrichthyes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Chondrichthyes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Chondrichthyes

Time the record covers

At least 7.4 million years on record.

The record covers at least 244.4 Mya to 237 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 245.19 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 1 of 3 occurrencesMiddle TriassicLate Triassic — about 2 of 3 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 3 occurrences246–245 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences245–243 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences238–237 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences237–235 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences235–234 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences234–232 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences232–231 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences231–229 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences229–228 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences228–226 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences226–225 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences225–223 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences223–222 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences222–220 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences220–219 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences219–217 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences217–216 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences216–214 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences214–213 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences213–211 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences211–210 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences210–208 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences208–207 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences207–205 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences205–204 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences204–202 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences202–201 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences244.4 Mya237 Mya246.1 Mya200.5 Mya

3 occurrences of Lissodus africanus 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

3 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

1 formation

Gogolin — 50.29°N, 19.10°E

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The named rock units Lissodus africanus 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

14 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 3 sites for Lissodus africanus, 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

2 references

Each of the 3 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 the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No picture of Lissodus africanus was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Lissodus africanus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Lissodus africanus 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.

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. (Broom 1913)