Melanochelys sivalensis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MelanochelysPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Cryptodira
Life habit
aquaticPBDB, for Cryptodira
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
freshwaterPBDB, for Cryptodira

Time the record covers

At least 1.7 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 11.63 Mya to 774 ka.

Miocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 1 of 3 occurrencesPleistocene12–11 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences10–9.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.8–9.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.4–9.0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences9.0–8.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.6–8.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences8.2–7.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.8–7.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.4–7.0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.0–6.6 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.6–6.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.2–5.8 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.8–5.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.4–5.0 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences3.8–3.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences3.4–3.0 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences3.0–2.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.6–2.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences2.3–1.9 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.9–1.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.5–1.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences1.1–669 ka Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.333 Mya3.6 Mya12.1 Mya274 ka

3 occurrences of Melanochelys sivalensis 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

2 formations

Pinjor — 30.73°N, 76.78°ENagri — 32.50°N, 72.50°E

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

Found in the same rock

24 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 2 sites for Melanochelys sivalensis, 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 doi.org. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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

No 3D scan of Melanochelys sivalensis 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. (Lydekker 1885)