Scaldicetus grandis

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

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ScaldicetusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Odontoceti
Life habit
aquatic, depth=surfacePBDB, for Cetacea
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Cetacea
Environment
marine,freshwaterPBDB, for Odontoceti

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 2.58 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 1.8 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 19 occurrencesMiocene — about 15 of 19 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 3 of 19 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 1 of 19 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences18–18 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences15–15 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences10–9.5 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences9.5–8.7 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences8.7–8.0 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences8.0–7.2 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences7.2–6.5 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences6.5–5.7 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences5.7–5.0 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences5.0–4.3 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences4.3–3.5 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences3.5–2.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.8–2.0 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences2.0–1.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15.98 Mya2.58 Mya23.5 Mya1.3 Mya

19 occurrences of Scaldicetus grandis 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

19 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

7 formations

Pietra Leccese — 40.35°N, 18.17°EPietra Leccese — 40.15°N, 18.30°ESan Mateo — 33.20°N, 117.37°WRed Crag — 51.96°N, 1.35°ESalsomaggiore — 44.73°N, 10.03°EDrakes Bay — 37.99°N, 123.00°WBreda — 51.97°N, 6.72°EGroote Heide — 52.04°N, 6.67°E

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The named rock units Scaldicetus grandis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 10 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Scaldicetus grandis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Scaldicetus grandis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

169 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 16 sites for Scaldicetus grandis, 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

12 references

Each of the 19 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. 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 Scaldicetus grandis was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and 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 Scaldicetus grandis, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Scaldicetus grandis 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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What may have been alongside itScaldicetus through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Du Bus 1872)