Mesotheriinae

No picture of Mesotheriinae was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Mesotheriinae itself, so it was not used. 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 Mesotheriinae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MesotheriidaePBDB
Diet
herbivorePBDB, for Notoungulata
Life habit
scansorialPBDB, for Eutheria
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 17 million years on record.

The record covers at least 17.5 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 21 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Miocene — about 71 of 110 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 23 of 110 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 17 of 110 occurrencesPleistocene22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 3 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 5 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 5 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 1 occurrence11–11 Mya — about 2 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences9.3–8.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences8.6–7.9 Mya — about 4 occurrences7.9–7.2 Mya — about 9 occurrences7.2–6.5 Mya — about 8 occurrences6.5–5.7 Mya — about 8 occurrences5.7–5.0 Mya — about 8 occurrences5.0–4.3 Mya — about 8 occurrences4.3–3.6 Mya — about 6 occurrences3.6–2.9 Mya — about 4 occurrences2.9–2.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.1–1.4 Mya — about 4 occurrences1.4–717 ka Mya — about 6 occurrences717 ka–0 Mya — about 6 occurrences17.5 Mya129 ka21.5 Mya0 Mya

110 occurrences of Mesotheriinae 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

110 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

40 formations

Cerro Azul — 35.69°S, 64.67°WCerro Azul — 36.25°S, 65.51°WCerro Azul — 37.37°S, 65.47°WCerro Azul — 37.10°S, 62.79°WCerro Azul — 36.72°S, 64.30°WCerro Azul — 37.73°S, 63.53°WCerro Azul — 35.92°S, 64.87°WCerro Azul — 37.22°S, 63.59°WCerro Azul — 37.02°S, 64.51°WCerro Azul — 36.84°S, 65.28°WCerro Azul — 36.94°S, 65.40°WCerro Azul — 37.14°S, 65.77°WCerro Azul — 36.68°S, 64.18°WMonte Hermoso — 38.99°S, 61.67°WQuehua — 20.00°S, 67.00°WQuehua — 20.92°S, 66.22°WMiramar — 38.27°S, 57.85°WMiramar — 38.17°S, 57.65°WMiramar — 37.87°S, 57.51°WMiramar — 37.98°S, 57.59°WEpecuén — 37.22°S, 63.55°WEpecuén — 37.18°S, 62.77°WHuaylas — 18.47°S, 69.57°WHuaylas — 18.42°S, 69.57°WChucal — 18.53°S, 69.17°WMariño — 32.88°S, 68.94°WMariño — 32.95°S, 69.15°WMauri — 17.20°S, 69.00°WPampean — 37.27°S, 64.57°WPampean — 34.25°S, 59.47°WEnsenada — 34.53°S, 58.47°WEnsenada — 38.02°S, 58.39°WVorohué — 38.03°S, 57.72°WVorohué — 38.22°S, 57.73°WArroyo Chasicó — 38.62°S, 62.98°WChiquimil — 26.80°S, 66.07°WChiquimil — 27.25°S, 66.88°WSalicas — 28.33°S, 66.95°WSaldungaray-La Toma — 38.75°S, 61.73°WNazareno — 21.67°S, 65.58°WChoquecota — 18.10°S, 67.92°WCasira — 22.02°S, 65.83°WRosa Pata — 17.40°S, 68.45°WChichinales — 39.13°S, 67.75°WItuzaingo — 31.48°S, 60.23°WAndalhuala — 26.68°S, 66.03°WRío Frías — 44.58°S, 71.23°W

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The named rock units Mesotheriinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 17 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Mesotheriinae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Mesotheriinae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

699 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 75 sites for Mesotheriinae, 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

55 references

Each of the 110 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. 43 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 Mesotheriinae was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia has a picture filed under this name, but nothing tied it to Mesotheriinae itself, so it was not used.

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

No 3D scan of Mesotheriinae 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.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itMesotheriidae through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Alston 1876