Megascyliorhinus

No picture of Megascyliorhinus 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 Megascyliorhinus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MegascyliorhininaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Carcharhiniformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Carcharhiniformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Carcharhiniformes

Time the record covers

At least 45 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 340 ka.

Paleocene — about 0 of 69 occurrencesEocene — about 18 of 69 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 4 of 69 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 30 of 69 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 16 of 69 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 69 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences51–49 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences49–48 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–40 Mya — about 1 occurrence40–38 Mya — about 1 occurrence38–36 Mya — about 4 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 4 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 1 occurrence32–30 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 1 occurrence25–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 3 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 4 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 4 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 8 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.6–5.7 Mya — about 3 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 10 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 7 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences48.07 Mya3 Mya57 Mya0 Mya

69 occurrences of Megascyliorhinus on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

69 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

31 formations

Gehannam — 29.33°N, 30.08°EGehannam — 29.30°N, 30.05°EArenas de Huelva — 37.33°N, 6.68°WArenas de Huelva — 37.27°N, 6.84°WArenas de Huelva — 37.22°N, 7.10°WNavidad — 33.91°S, 71.85°WBirket Qarun — 29.28°N, 30.04°EEsbarrondadoiro — 38.17°N, 8.17°WEsbarrondadoiro — 38.11°N, 8.36°WRío Baguales — 50.73°S, 72.47°WBlack Rock Sandstone — 37.99°S, 145.04°ETangahoe — 39.58°S, 174.28°EPungo River — 35.40°N, 76.80°WGaiman — 43.28°S, 65.45°WParana — 32.08°S, 60.49°WRio Turbio — 51.59°S, 72.37°WLoreto — 53.14°S, 71.06°WLondon Clay — 51.64°N, 0.78°EConcord Greensand — 45.90°S, 170.45°ECaversham Sandstone — 45.90°S, 170.45°ERifle Butts — 45.03°S, 171.03°EOtekaike Limestone — 45.03°S, 170.99°EGee Greensand — 45.20°S, 170.20°EO'Keefe — 41.89°S, 171.48°ERapanui — 39.83°S, 174.61°EClay Creek Limestone — 41.33°S, 175.48°EKuma — 45.10°N, 34.63°ECacela — 37.08°N, 8.23°W

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The named rock units Megascyliorhinus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 26 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Megascyliorhinus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Megascyliorhinus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

616 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 62 sites for Megascyliorhinus, 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

29 references

Each of the 69 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. 17 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 content0

No picture of Megascyliorhinus 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 Megascyliorhinus, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Megascyliorhinus 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. Cappetta and Ward 1977